Our beaches are dirty .. is it our fault ???
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Sep 20, 2007
The coast is not clear: tyre and table among trash found
By Shobana Kesava
IT TOOK six men to hoist the unwieldy plastic road barrier out of the muddy mangroves, another three to weigh it and one more to record their find.
Jotting down the figure, teacher-volunteer Steve Early said: 'This one weighs in at 19kg.'
Hauled out in the next 10 minutes were a 46kg tyre and a wooden table that could seat eight which needed dismantling before it could be weighed.
They were duly recorded under 'dumping activities' on the International Coastal Cleanup Singapore's (ICCS) data card of human-made debris, trash and litter.
The 150 teacher and student volunteers from the Singapore American School were at the Kranji mangroves cleaning up a short 400-metre stretch of shoreline over the weekend.
They were part of a larger group of 2,856 volunteers who covered about 15km of Singapore's coast.
Big pile of litter
ONLY those who visit the beaches at daybreak know its dirty secret. Singapore's sandy shores are covered in litter, while garbage bins nearby remain half-empty.
Cleaners took a break on Saturday for the International Coastal Cleanup Singapore held annually on the third weekend of September.
Said first-time volunteer Shazwani Mustaffa, 16, of St Andrew's Junior College: 'It's very dirty. I don't know how all this ends up here.
'I found plastic, styrofoam, glass bottles and mattresses.'
The National Environment Agency's Environmental Health Department head of operations, Mr Tai Ji Choong, said flotsam which comes in with the tide is particularly bad during the south-west monsoon from May to October.
'We had our cleaners throw away a toilet bowl washed ashore,' he added.
On beaches across Singapore where the public has access, the NEA has about 40 cleaners removing rubbish before most beach-goers arrive.
On the popular 11-km stretch of East Coast Park, about 15 of them sweep, pick up and toss out trash on any given day, starting from 7am.
The volunteers took over their job on Saturday and collected 16,819 items weighing 2,600kg at East Coast Park alone - the highest amount of trash collected on any beach open to the public.
In an indication that beach-goers were making a significant impact, cigarette butts made it to the list of top three items collected on all beaches open to the public.
Canadian Sandra Johnson, in her 30s, who takes weekend walks along East Coast Park, said: 'I find the most trash near barbecue pits, close to rubbish bins.
'Guests from overseas often comment on how clean Singapore is. If they saw the East Coast Park on a weekend morning, I don't think they'd feel the same way.'
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We are surrounded by so Malaysia and Indonesia. Couldn't the trash had come from there ?? I mean, who would throw the toilet bowl at the beach ??
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Ha, ha, ha...always blaming Malaysia or Indonesia...Originally posted by ORIGAMIST:We are surrounded by so Malaysia and Indonesia. Couldn't the trash had come from there ?? I mean, who would throw the toilet bowl at the beach ??
That's what Singaporeans are good at...criticize their neighbours for their inefficiencies, crimes, bad manners, corruptions...now even blame them for trash in Singapore!!!
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Yo, singapore water got lot of ships anchoring and moving around, this sailor or seamen just throw all rubbish down the sea, where got rubbish collector for them. So, this rubbish rush up to the shore and our cleaners hv a hard time to clear it.
Other than rubbish, there are also alot of condoms floating on the water. -
east coast looks clean to me at least
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No one know who actually are those litter bugs..
could be you or me also
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erh...there's a place that i went exploring for photography...near ponggol, the "government state land" which is now preserved for nature is THE DUMPING GROUND for tyres and rubbish...I see Dumping trucks in there resting...dumped liao or before they dump...
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Blame it on Malaysia. The flood from Malaysia brought all these stuffs to Singapore's shore.
Cos they blame us for causing the flood.
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Homer is in SG...
Next thing you know, mutated species come out from the sea and onto the coast of SG. -
No not blaming any particular country. just that we are surrounded by them .. they may or may not be responsible ... anyway, when the report mentioned matteress and the like, can you imagine people bringing it there to throw. Wouldn't the rubbish dump be nearer ?Originally posted by Kachui:Ha, ha, ha...always blaming Malaysia or Indonesia...
That's what Singaporeans are good at...criticize their neighbours for their inefficiencies, crimes, bad manners, corruptions...now even blame them for trash in Singapore!!!
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it could be anyone's fault. It's hard to point fingers esp if you don't see them actually throwing stuff on the beach. But we can prevent our beach from being dirty by not littering. That's the least we could do. -
sillyporeans.
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*&^$ lah...
you look at the canals, you will figure out how terok the littering problem is...
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Don't be a stupid c0ck la you. Mudlaysia gov also also blame singapore for everything to unite their country against us and distract their people from government issues and problems. Don't you read the papers? Almost every shit that happens in their country can be linked to us, from soil erosion, floodings, to the crimes in JB. Everything is our fault. So who is playing the blame game?Originally posted by Kachui:Ha, ha, ha...always blaming Malaysia or Indonesia...
That's what Singaporeans are good at...criticize their neighbours for their inefficiencies, crimes, bad manners, corruptions...now even blame them for trash in Singapore!!!
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What a stupid @rse you are showing everyone what a true m0ron you really are. -
Ahhh...name calling...what a great comeback!Originally posted by Theballstopshere:Don't be a stupid c0ck la you. Mudlaysia gov also also blame singapore for everything to unite their country against us and distract their people from government issues and problems. Don't you read the papers? Almost every shit that happens in their country can be linked to us, from soil erosion, floodings, to the crimes in JB. Everything is our fault. So who is playing the blame game?
What a stupid @rse you are showing everyone what a true m0ron you really are.
And by the way, who is blaming Singapore for all the woes in Malaysia? Guess you don't read newspapers. -
east coast only look clean on tues wed thursday and friday...
only after the cleaners had clean the rubbish..
on monday morning.. ecp look like shit...
somethings its due to the current..
it brings in all the rubbish.. seaweeds logs.. -
jia jia you ben nan nian de jing..
i blame u u blame he he blame she she blame u.. looping sia -
You really fell down the stupid tree I can see... Let me just quickly google and show you just one proof I found within a min of browsing. Here is my proof. Want more? Let me know...Originally posted by Kachui:Ahhh...name calling...what a great comeback!
And by the way, who is blaming Singapore for all the woes in Malaysia? Guess you don't read newspapers.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKSIN8613220070201 -
clever enough for no linking
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Aiya, he is not so dumb as to not know how to copy and paste right???Originally posted by kiss_my (_i_):clever enough for no linking -
the url function can make it unclickable liao
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ok stop polluting th beaches.. but at the same time the rubbish might not jus come from us..
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Somehow...
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you will be surprised..Originally posted by ORIGAMIST:We are surrounded by so Malaysia and Indonesia. Couldn't the trash had come from there ?? I mean, who would throw the toilet bowl at the beach ??
i looked at some rubbish especially those food wrappers etc.. got jap food wrappers.. australian.. etc.. not just malaysia and indonesia de rubbish reach us.. all around the world one also have.. -
ya lor, thy think only msia indonesia can make rubbish....Originally posted by Vigelic:you will be surprised..
i looked at some rubbish especially those food wrappers etc.. got jap food wrappers.. australian.. etc.. not just malaysia and indonesia de rubbish reach us.. all around the world one also have..
thy dont knw wat those sampan sampan outside doing on the sea..
thy dont knw wat those ppl at changi beach doing...
or east coast