The following figures have been calculated based on 382 report forms filled in before December 31th, 2017, out of a total of 1 148 collected,
with a weighting criteria based on the type of collection.
Total number of items collected in 179 clean-ups: 235 843 quantified items.
The Ocean Initiatives allow learning through the direct observation and manipulation of the plastics found. I am quite conscious that others problems exist and capture our attention, but they also take us away from the real problem: a sustainable future for the planet and our children.
A lot of my friends where interested in helping me with the clean-up I used to do alone, so I created an event which gather more than 30 people, then another one, which brought as much people and I am willing to continue until the local authority settle concrete and frequent actions.
Each year, youngsters amaze me. Although it was a canoe scolar excursion, a leisure activity, they were all seriously involved into collecting as much garbage they could, and this without complaining about touching it and putting it into their canoes.
However, in the following days, school playground could be fill up of lollipops sticks thrown up …
It was a very fresh experience to work with schoolchildren and to see them going out at the beach to happily collect the waste. I really had the impression that they became aware of the problem of plastic waste for now and for future times.
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