EPA and EU mission in Taipei join for beach cleanup

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/10/05
By: Chi Jo-yao and Wang Chao-yu

Taipei, Oct. 5 (CNA) The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) and the European Economic and Trade Office (EETO) cleaned up the coast of Wazihwei (挖子尾) Nature Reserve in New Taipei on Saturday to make a statement about marine plastic pollution, the EETO said.

A total of 248 volunteers, including the staff and family members of the EPA, the EETO, and European Union member state offices, and New Taipei residents cleaned up 437.6 kilograms of trash and 369.2 kg of recyclable waste, according to the EETO's Facebook post.

The participants used the trash collected to form the shape of a gigantic sea turtle on the beach of Wazihwei to raise public awareness of the devastating effects of plastic waste on marine ecology, the EETO said.

"Cleaning beaches has an instant positive result, but we need to improve the system to combat marine pollution," EETO chief Filip Grzegorzewski said.    [FULL  STORY]