Joining a Beach Clean-up

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Hi everyone, please give a big clap to each of you. Well done, all of you!

It’s a hot and gorgeous day. I’m so happy and excited now.

You are all amazing today. Do you know why?

I’m feeling exhausted after scanning the sand for debris on the beach for the whole afternoon.

On behalf of the organization, I would like to thank each of you for participating in a beach clean-up activity.

It’s my first time of cleaning up the mess and picking up the trash on the beach.

Can you imagine the kind and amount of trash before the beach clean-up?

Not sure. I initially thought of plastic bags, plastic bottles and straws.

However, after identifying and recording the rubbish, there are also foam pieces, microplastics, glass bottles, cigarette butts, food wrappers and others. They surprised me a lot because there are so much trash leaving behind.

It’s actually the responsibility of people disposing the waste improperly.

I was stunned by the abundance of straws picked up. I feel so sad that the beach is covered in plastic waste.

Well. People are not aware of the threats towards the marine environment due to their dumping of trash ongoingly.

It’s such a rewarding experience. I’m instilled with a positive sense of marine protection.

After collecting different trash’s material today, I’ll remind myself and make sure putting the trash into bins rather than getting into ocean. I’m really shocked by what I’ve seen on the beach. I’ve no idea why the beach is full of trash.

You’re all doing a great job for coastal conservation. Can you guess the number of garbage bags that you’ve collected?

I guessed 30 bags. Does it make sense?

Well, it has already exceeded 50 bags with an estimated 500kg of trash.

Oh my god. It’s unbelievable. Actually, I’ve a question why the garbage should not be drifted with the tide back into the sea?

It’s a very good question. The plastics value chain will seriously pose risk to human health if we do not change our behavior.

It’s commonly known that plastics are not biodegradable. Marine animals ingest those plastics which contain harmful chemicals.

Correct. The fact is that fishes caught are increasingly contaminated by microplastics.

You mean that our health is affected and caused by our irresponsible behavior.

Your contribution today is significant because you’ve prevented the trash from going into the sea.

The tide brings the plastic items into the sea and they will become smaller pieces eventually. Due to the tiny pieces, marine animals cannot distinguish them from food. Small fishes, ingesting those microplastics accidentally, may suffer from the diseases caused by such “false food”.

It’s terrible that smaller fishes are misled by the size. Then, bigger fishes finally eat smaller fishes. As a result, bigger fishes will also contain the toxic chemicals.

For some of the marine animals, e.g., turtles, they mistakenly treat plastic bags as jellyfish and will be choked during biting. For other animals, those microplastics block their digestive system or hurt their immune system, causing to death regrettably.

In reality, the whole cycle will end up that humans eat the fishes. The transfer of contaminants through our consumption of seafood can contribute to health risk. The more plastics we dump, the more impact to our health. The whole ecosystem will be obviously destroyed by us. We may be punished by what we did.

I fully understand the consequence now. The activity today is so meaningful to me. The garbage affects marine life. I’m now more mindful of how I dispose my disposables. As a responsible citizen, I’ll commit myself to join the activity regularly.

Your participation can help removing plastic pollution from the marine environment. As plastics do not decompose over hundred years, news has reported that our food and water have contained tiny plastic particles.

Plastic makes up 80% of all marine debris found from the sea. Are you scared of it?

We should now cut the source of using plastic items. It’s crucial to live a sustainable lifestyle because it would be beneficial to the environment. Please stop using plastic no matter of plastic package, plastic bags, plastic straws and plastic cups.

I’ve already chosen food without plastic package, brought my own bag during shopping, and brought my reusable drinking bottle. I’m impressed by the abundance of straws that are easily dug on the beach everywhere. I’ll change my habit and use paper straws instead.

I’m thankful to your contribution. We are surrounded by plastic inevitably. It would be our continual action to cut the source of plastic and, at the same time, remove existing plastic on the beach. If not, the plastic pollution is growing into a crisis for our future generations.

Thanks for your sharing. I’ll try to advocate for the use of environmentally friendly materials with my relatives and friends.

Please be reminded to register as our beach clean-up volunteer and you’ll be notified with the next clean-up activity.

Absolutely. I’ll also bring my friends and build relationships with other people who are also caring about the environmental conservation.

Fantastic. If more people are realizing the reality of plastic pollution face-to-face, it would be easier for them to change their behavior.

Right. I’m looking forward to joining the next event. See you next time.

WITH CHINESE SCRIPT

大家好，請給您們每個人一個大大的鼓掌，你們所有人都幹得好！

這是一個炎熱而美好的一天，我現在很開心也很興奮。

您們今天都很棒，您知道為什麼嗎？

整個下午在沙灘上尋找沙土裡的垃圾後，我感到筋疲力盡。

我謹代表組織感謝您們每一位參加清潔海灘的活動。

這是我第一次在沙灘上收拾凌亂和拾垃圾。

您能想像清潔海灘前垃圾的種類和數量有幾多嗎？

不知道，我最初想到的是膠袋、膠瓶和膠飲管。

但經過辨識和記錄，這些垃圾中還有發泡膠碎片、微塑膠、玻璃瓶、煙頭、食品包裝紙等，因為有太多的垃圾，它們令我很驚訝。

這實際上是人們處理垃圾不當的責任。

我被拾起的大量飲管嚇呆了，海灘上到處都是塑膠垃圾，我感到很難過。

是的，由於不斷傾倒垃圾，人們沒有意識到對海洋環境的威脅。

這是一次非常有意義的體驗，我已意識了對海洋保護的積極。

今天收集了不同的垃圾後，我會提醒自己，一定要把垃圾扔進垃圾桶，而不是扔進海裡，我真的對在海灘上看到的感到震驚，我不知道為什麼海灘上到處都是垃圾。

您們都在為海岸保護做著出色的工作，您估計收集了多少個垃圾袋嗎？

我猜是30袋，是否正確？

嗯，已經超過50袋，估計有500公斤垃圾。

我的天啊，這實在難以相信，其實，我有一個疑問，為什麼垃圾不應隨潮水漂回海裡？

這是一個很好的問題，如我們不改變我們的行為，塑膠廢料鏈將嚴重威脅人類健康。

眾所周知，塑膠是不可生物降解的，海洋動物吞食那些含有有害化學物質的塑膠。

正確的，事實是，捕獲到的魚越來越多地受到微塑膠的污染。

您的意思是我們的健康受到我們不負責任的行為的影響。

您今天的貢獻意義重大，因為您阻止了垃圾進入大海。

潮水將塑膠製品帶入海中，最終會變成更小的塑膠碎片，由於碎片很小，海洋動物無法將它們與食物區分開來，小魚一不小心誤食了這些微塑膠，就有可能患上這種“假食物”引起的疾病。

小魚被塑膠細小的尺寸誤導是很可怕的，然後，大魚最終吃小魚，結果，更大條的魚也會含有有毒化學物質。

有些海洋動物，例如海龜，會誤把膠袋當成水母，咬一口就會窒息。對於其他動物來說，那些塑膠會阻塞它們的消化系統或傷害它們的免疫系統，遺憾地導致它們的死亡。

實際上，整個週期最終將以人類吃魚為結局，通過食用海鮮傳播的污染物會增加健康風險，我們傾倒的塑膠越多，對我們健康的影響就越大，整個生態系統顯然會被我們摧毀，我們可能會因為我們的所作所為而受到懲罰。

我現在完全明白後果了，今天的活動對我來說意義非凡，垃圾影響海洋生物，我現在更加注意如何處理一次性用品，作為一個負責任的公民，我會承諾定期參加這些清潔海灘的活動。

您的參與有助於移除海洋環境中的塑料污染，由於塑膠不會分解超過一百年，新聞已報導我們的食物和水都含有微小的塑膠粒。

塑膠佔從海洋中發現的所有海洋垃圾的80%，您害怕嗎？

我們現在應該減少使用塑膠製品的來源，過一種可持續發展的生活方式至關重要，因為這對環境有益，無論是塑膠包裝、膠袋、膠飲管、膠杯，請停止使用塑膠製品。

我已經選擇了沒有塑膠包裝的食物，購物時自己帶備袋子，還帶了可重複使用的水瓶，沙灘上隨手隨處便可掘取的大量膠飲管，這給我留下了深刻的印象，我會改變我的習慣，改用紙飲管。

感謝您的貢獻，我們不可避免地被塑膠包圍，我們將持續行動，減少塑膠的來源，同時清除海灘上現有的塑膠。否則，塑膠污染將成為我們子孫後代的危機。

感謝您的分享，我將嘗試與我的親戚朋友一起倡導使用環保材料。

請記住登記成為我們的清潔海灘的義工，您將收到下一次活動的通知。

絕對會，我期待著參加下一次活動。