These plastic came from the other side (from Manila most likely). The currents brought them a thousand miles. But those who threw them weren’t sorry for the things they have done.
We included a coastal cleanup for our Project Lingap at Cabra Island, Lubang, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. ( I will write more stories about our Project Lingap in future posts). But a day’s effort to clean a less than a kilometer stretch of beach was not enough. We got plastics full of drinking straw, footwear, PET bottles and wrappers.
The Ocean Conservancy said in a report that 60 percent of the plastic trash flowing into the sea originates from China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. Did you know that 46,000 pieces of these plastic float in the ocean per square mile?
We involved the kids hoping they too will be aware. Hoping also that this activity will be an opener to others. (Photos by Kyle Baculanta)