Beach Clean Up on March 22, 201

On March 22, Environmental Service had a beach clean up at East Coast. Our aim was to prevent trash from entering the ocean, or at least reduce the amount of trash that was already on the beach to protect and reduce the impact on the ecosystem. We picked up a lot of trash, and the majority of it was styrofoam, cigarettes and microplastics. Even though we are a small group and weren’t able to pick up every single piece of trash on the beach, the amount we did pick up was prevented from entering the ocean and destroying marine life. Every piece of plastic ever made still exists today, but it does break down into microplastic, releasing chemicals and some fish can eat it. Because of this, humans will be affected too, if we eat fish that has eaten plastic. This is one reason why every piece of trash we picked up counts, no matter how big or small the amount is. But the bigger the amount, the better, so we need more people to join next time so we can cover more areas that have litter on it!