International Coastal Cleanup - SINGAPORE (Beach)
Saturday, 15th September, 2001 (Most)
Summary

SUMMARY

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Location

East Coast, Changi, Pasir Ris, Sembawang, Pulau Ubin, West Coast, Singapore River / Kallang Basin

Participants

Overseas Family School, Beatty Sec Sch, Victoria Junior College (Green Mission Club), Raffles Girls' Sch, United World College, Nat'l Youth Achievement Award Council, Dunman High Sch, YMCA, Ministry of Trade & Industry Staff Club, Dow Chemical Company, Yushoff Ishak Sec Sch, SEC Riverkeepers, GVN, Greenview Sec Sch, Nanyang Polytechnic (Geo Council), Republic of Singapore Yacht Club, Waterways Watch Society, National Junior College

No. of participants

766

Area involved (sq. m.)

4,560

Total No. of Bags

287

Average weight (kg)

2.55

Total weight (kg)

733

Plastics

36,236

66.56%

Foamed Plastics

10,084

18.52%

Glass

1,606

2.95%

Rubber

614

1.13%

Metal

2,528

4.64%

Paper

2,549

4.68%

Wood

502

0.92%

Cloth

323

0.59%

Total Items

54,442

100.00%

Most Peculiar Item

rubber dinghy. Ceramic, diary, cement blocks, large umbrella, rusted steel rod, large rope, lots of satay sticks, a bag of longans, drugs & tablets, chair

Entangled wildlife

3 fishes + 4crabs trapped in plastic bags and fising lines

Comments during cleanup

too many cigarette butts, lots of pieces of styrofoam found along the coast, oil spill observed at breakwater, the tide was high but a lot of foams cups and plastics bags were floating around boat quay area