Visitors to Hong Kong ’s beaches have taken to various societal media channel to voice their outrage about the current state of the region ’s beach . Judging by the accompanying photos , they count more like trash oases than relaxing Paradise .
“ I have never in my 20 eld here picture systematically this much rubbish on our [ South Lantau ] shores,”wrote one Facebook userin a postal service that include a series of photo of trash - straw beach . “ The ocean are awash with so much that just keeps make it on the shoreline it ’s unenviable … No one wants to sit on a beach with this . ”
According tothe environmental group Sea Shepherd Hong Kong , the amount of trash currently currently washing up on Hong Kong ’s beach is “ unprecedented . ” ( Though it ’s worth noting that theFacebook groupin which many of the photos and complaint appear has been participating for more than a year . )
In photos , the trash attend to be a mixture of bottle , container , and other plastic waste . The complaints began popping up in larger numbers about two weeks ago , and they ’ve been tramp in consistently since then .
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According to Quartz , the area ’s beaches are n’t typically this dirty , because the scraps lives in landfill far out from the area ’s more crowded areas . While trash can sometimes be found spread around , it ’s ordinarily not this spoilt .
Though it ’s indecipherable precisely where the trash is come from , Sea Shepherd Hong Kongpoints the fingerat “ multiple culprits , ” including mainland China as well as Hong Kong itself . It also float the possibility that an island calledWai Lingding — from which “ sailors and fishermen from Hong Kong ” have reported see a vast trash dump on the side of the cliffs”—may be responsible .
The Hong Kong government thus far has n’t officially address the issue , though one Facebook userposted a snippetof a purported email from the Environmental Protection Department , which claimed it was n’t the right agency to address the problem . In May 2015 , the governmentpublished the result of a studywhich set up that “ overall , marine refuse [ human waste or fabric ] does not constitute a serious problem in Hong Kong . ” But this garbage attack sure does look serious to anyone with eyeballs .
[ Quartz ]
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