“End plastic pollution” was the rallying cry for this year’s international Earth Day.
But going by the 3,000kg of rubbish cleared from Hong Kong’s beaches on Sunday, the city does not look to be moving anywhere near that goal.
Items collected included plastic drink bottles, plastic wrappers, plastic packaging, plastic bags, children’s toys, cigarette lighters, and the like. Some of the rubbish had been lying there since Typhoon Hato last year.
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