Bali beach clean removes 30 tons of marine debris

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(20 Jan 2021) Two week after a massive community clean up of an iconic Indonesian beach people have started pouring back, depside a government campaign encouraging people to distance their activities due to COVID-19 pandemic • Residents of Badung in the resort island of Bali spent the first day of the new year carrying out a coastal cleanup at the popular Kuta Beach. • The Antara news agency reported that 30 tonnes of marine debris was cleared from the beach that day, and quoted an official saying that 70 percent of the marine debris was plastic waste. • In December, 18 tonnes of garbage, consisting mostly of plastic waste, was collected during a three-day coastal cleanup effort along Kuta Beach, according to a report in the Jakarta Post. • Plastic bags and debris from plastic bottles are a common sight along the Kuta beach costal area, especially between November and February when debris is carried by the wind from the West. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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