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Informacion-Limpieza Costera
Informacion-Limpieza Costera
LA PROBLEMÁTICA
Every year thousands of tons of garbage winds up in the oceans, with 60% of
that being composed of plastic material. Plastics especially last a very long time
in the ocean, and are in such abundance that there are 46,000 individual pieces
of plastic litter for every square mile of ocean. Plastics are very hazardous to
marine life, killing more than a million birds and over 100,000 seals, turtles, and
whales, and an immense number of fish in our ocean. Coastal Cleanup Day
encourages us to get out to our beaches and help to limit this problem by
cleaning up the garbage that has washed up on shore, and that left by visitors
every day.
The movement was catalyzed by the passion and spirit of two committed
individuals. Back in 1986, Linda Maraniss moved to Texas from Washington,
DC, where she had been working for Ocean Conservancy. She’d been inspired
by the work her Ocean Conservancy colleague Kathy O’Hara was doing on a
groundbreaking report called Plastics in the Ocean: More than a Litter Problem
that would be published the next year.
Linda and Kathy reached out to the Texas General Land Office, local
businesses and other dedicated ocean-lovers, and planned what would become
Ocean Conservancy’s first Cleanup. They asked volunteers to go beyond
picking up trash and record each item collected on a standardized data card in
order to identify ways to eliminate ocean trash in the future.
Every year during Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup,
hundreds of thousands of volunteers comb lakes, rivers and beaches around
the world for trash. Over the course of nearly three decades, more than 9 million
volunteers have collected nearly 164 million pounds of trash. (OCEAN
CONSERVANCY, s.f.)
Think of your own safety: The basic equipment includes sturdy shoes, a "first
aid kit", and sufficient food. Please only handle dangerous objects such as
glass or sharp pieces of metal with gloves!
Take garbage bags, gloves and garbage tongs. You also need a scale to record
the weight.
If there is a lot of trash lying around or collecting in a larger group, a wagon, a
wheelbarrow or even a big dumpster can be useful.
Use our enclosed Muller Survey Sheet and enter what kind of garbage it is and
how much you have collected. Take a clipboard with you and fill in the bow with
a pencil so that nothing gets blurred even when it rains.
Pack a camera and take pictures of your most spectacular garbage finds. Also
make a nice group photo!
VOLUNTARIOS EN PERÚ
LIMA:
PLAYA PESCADORES:
BASURA CERO PERU, B-Green, HAZla y L.O.O.P
PLAYA MARBELLA
PLAYA CARPAYO(Callao)
CHIMBOTE:
MALECÓN GRAU
Encargado: Julio Balta
ASOCIACION ECOLOGISTA HUELLA VERDE
TRUJILLO:
PLAYA HUANCHACO
Encargado: Fernando Rodríguez
LIGA DE TABLA SURF-Trujillo