If you pay any attention to the media-driven vision of the beach, you understand that it’s a pristine, beautiful place that we all go to on vacation, and leave no trace of our existence on once we leave.
The Ocean Conservancy has a bit of a wake up call after tallying the results of their International Coastal Cleanup Day: there was six million tons of trash - non in total, but which was actually collected.
The report, released today, catalogs the efforts of volunteers from 76 countries who covered 33,000 miles of shoreline and collected over 7 million individual items. The conservancy wants the day pictured as a snapshot of a larger problem, with some 182 pounds of trash being collected every mile of shoreline policed. The charity believes this exposes an attitude of carelessness.:”Trash doesn’t fall from the sky, it falls from our hands”, said Vikki Spriulli, OC President, in an interview.
Overall, 57 percent of the trash was related to recreational activities, and another 33 percent to smoking. Obviously, this is not an issue that is caused primarily by large corporations, but instead, generated by consumers who can’t be bothered to pick up after themselves.
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600万顿垃圾 拜光顾沙滩者所赐
如果你注意那些由媒体所展现的沙滩的画面，你认为，那是我们在度假的时候都会去的清新美丽的地方，而且在我们离开的时候，也不会在那留下我们曾去过的痕迹。
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heimatiater/ 这些是汉斯·范·雷南上传在Flickr网上照片
海洋保护组织在整理国际海岸清洁日所得到的数据后给我们敲响了警钟：他们在沙滩实际捡到的垃圾的数量有600万顿，这还不是全部。
今天发布的报道记录了来自76个国家的志愿者所做的努力，他们清理的区域覆盖了3万3千英里的海岸线，捡到了超过700万件的杂物。海洋保护组织希望通过这一天的情形，人们能看到一个更大的问题，在每1英里的海岸线的沙滩上，能拾到约有182磅的垃圾。该组织认为这一现象让我们看到了人们的疏忽。海洋保护组织主席维奇·斯普鲁利在一次访问中说，“垃圾不会从天而降，它来自我们的双手。”
总的来看，57%的沙滩上的垃圾来自人们的娱乐活动，而另外33%的垃圾来自吸烟的人们。显然，这并不是一个主要由大企业所引起的问题，而是因为人们不乐意去捡起他们所丢下的垃圾而引起的。