Rubbish found in clean-ups on Hong Kong beaches down by more than a third in 8 years, green group says

The amount of foam boxes, plastic bottles and glass shards collected along Hong Kong’s beaches has dropped by more than a third in the past eight years, according to a green group. Some 2,600 volunteers removed 54,605 pieces of rubbish, or 4,800kg, between September and November along the city’s coastlines during environmental group Green Council’s annual clean-up. The amount was 37 per cent less than the 86,034 pieces collected in 2008 when the group hosted its first clean-up...