Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-08-28

A survey of marine trash around Taiwan’s coast has found that the large number of beach

Not all beaches get the same level of attention from beach clean up activities, a new survey has found. (Photo by CNA)

cleanups held each year have had only a limited impact.

The two-week survey was conducted in July by Greenpeace and local organization the Society of Wilderness. It involved taking samples from stations set up at 10-kilometer intervals around the whole of Taiwan’s coastline.

The first report on the survey was released Tuesday. In it, the two organizations estimate that enough garbage lines Taiwan’s coastline to fill over 2,000 garbage trucks.    [FULL  STORY]