Clear out 550 kilograms of marine waste in 100 meters! Volunteers were frightened by the sight of rubbish during beach cleaning at the estuary of Koping River

The remote Linyuan Mangrove Conservation Area at the mouth of Gaoping River was crowded today (7th). It turned out that industry, government and academia worked together to clean the beach. The eldest was 80 years old and the youngest was only 3 years old. The group's surprise at the beautiful scenery turned into fright in the blink of an eye. The participants cleaned up 550 kilograms of marine waste on the river bank of less than 100 meters, and realized firsthand the seriousness of marine waste.

The USR team of the School of Environment and Life at Fuying University of Science and Technology, Linyuan Mangrove Conservation Society and Linyuan Advanced Materials Technology dispatched a total of 60 people to clean the beach today; Linyuan Advanced Materials Technology was led by factory director Qiu Junrong, and more than 20 teachers and students, led by Lin Qinghe, dean of the School of Environment and Life at Fuying University, went deep into the riverside beach cleaning in the mangrove conservation area under the leadership of the marine patrol team of the society.

Chen Lingfeng, who works at Linyuan Advanced Service, lives in Pingtung City and participated in a beach cleanup activity for the first time. She frequently admired the beautiful scenery at the mouth of the Gaoping River embankment. But when she walked to the outlet, she was shocked to see the garbage stretching along the river. Her son Lin Lianghong, who is in primary school, saw the marine waste problem in the textbook with his own eyes and was very shocked. He said that this was the most important life memory with his mother this year.

After cleaning less than 100 meters of river section in two hours, a total of 550 kilograms of garbage were removed, including 393 kilograms of glass, 82 kilograms of general garbage, 67 kilograms of plastic bottles, 8 kilograms of bottles and cans, and more than 100 shoes. The Seventh River Branch of the Water Resources Department dispatched environmental protection vehicles to assist in the removal.

Li Wenjuan, director-general of the Linyuan Mangrove Conservation Society, said that in the past, beaches were mostly cleaned in Linyuan Marine Wetland Park and Shanwei Ya Bay. The riverside of the mangrove conservation area was usually sparsely populated except for fishermen. Therefore, an alarming amount of marine waste and waste from the upper reaches of Gaoping River accumulated. She said she looked forward to this cross-sector cooperation to drive more companies, schools and people to join the ranks of environmental protection, making loving and protecting the sea a daily routine.