ICCS 2004 Results

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CONSOLIDATED RESULTS Kranji-Buloh Mangroves Sg Loyang Mangroves Chek Jawa Mangroves Changi Beach Changi Beach Extension East Coast Beach   Sembawang Beach Kallang / Singapore River Pasir Ris Beach Punggol Beach West Coast Beach The results will be compiled by late October 2004. However, we do know that over 2,000 of us from more than 40 institutions turned out on our beaches and mangroves to remove more than 9 tonnes of trash. Greater effort in mangroves resulted in a hefty 5.9 tonnes or 64% of the total weight. However, most items (62%) collected were from our beaches. This yar we removed and categorised >88,000 items. Last year we had counted >74,000 items, and in 2002, we collected >66,000 items Cigarette butts, are once again ranked No. 1. 11,867 butts were collected, and almost all were from beaches. We found only 10 in mangroves! Bags (11,367), Foodwrappers (11, 052), straws (8.521) and styrofoam bits (7,216) are the next most numerous. In both mangrove and beaches, it is shoreline activities that are contributing the most trash (28-30%). And plastic accounts for 72% of all items collected. The proportion is higher in mangroves (86%) then on baches (62%).

 

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