SINGAPORE - The tides are bringing trash to Singapore's southern coastlines.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
At East Coast Park, for example, visitors may have noticed a hodge-podge of plastic items such as cups and bottles, and styrofoam containters strewn on some of the beaches there.The cause? Not so much the beach-goers, but the way the winds blow during the south-west monsoon season, which Singapore is currently experiencing.
"The wind blows from the south or south-east between June and September, bringing an increased amount of flotsam from the immediate region, which accumulates on the shores of neighbouring countries and islands, including East Coast Park," said the agencies in a joint statement. But the spokesman added:"Despite these intensified cleaning efforts, it is not possible to eliminate the presence of flotsam on our beaches altogether, as during each high tide, new waves of flotsam from the open sea will be washed onto our shores."
The clean-up sessions are initiated by individuals over the"Best East Coast Cleanup Plan" group on messaging application Telegram, which has more than 500 members as of Aug 1. The founder of social enterprise Seastainable, which sells items such as metal straws and reuseable cups to encourage people to use less disposables, said she hopes that the beach clean-up initiative could raise awareness about the harm of single-use items.
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