Plastic waste accounts for 60% of Hong Kong's Marine pollution
Plastic waste accounts for 60% of Hong Kong's Marine pollution
The Marine garbage survey of the Hong Kong chapter of the WWF Hong Kong found that plastic waste accounts for an average of about 60 per cent of the garbage on the mangroves, beaches, mudflats and so on. Plastic garbage accounted for sixty percent of Hong Kong Marine pollution problem is WWF staff in Hong Kong waters off with silver market basket on-site salvage garbage, have a lot of garbage floating, the reporter sees waters within 15 minutes to salvage can throw the garbage can filled with a plastic bucket of 70 liters of water, mainly for styrofoam box, lunch box, plastic bottles, etc. Yang songying, project manager of the WWF, said the most shocking thing was the sight of "amazing rubbish" on the coast, such as computer screens, washing machines, fans and radios. As for the undersea environment, divers can collect an average of 58 pieces of rubbish, fishing nets and disposable plastic products every 100 metres. Plastic waste is found to have traces of fish bite, and the pollutants are absorbed by Marine life, which can accumulate in the food chain and ultimately harm citizens' health, Yang said. WWF Hong Kong chapter in July last year to may this year 27 high ecological value in Hong Kong during the period of coastal sites do Marine garbage and ecological research, the results show that shore habitat every five meters wide of the sample collected an average of 391 items of large rubbish, mainly plastic debris and disposable plastic products; The average collection of 131 pieces of garbage per 1 square meter is mainly foamed rubber fragments, mostly from foamed plastic cases and other packaging containers. As for working with fishermen fishing sea trash, survey refers to an average of 695 pieces of garbage collected every two hours, plastic ratio of eighty percent and a half, mainly bags, plastic bottles, tableware and so on the disposable products. In this proposal, the public should reduce waste from the source and reduce the use of disposable articles. In the event of water activities, the public should also properly dispose of waste to prevent the waste from entering the Marine environment.
