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In Hong Kong we are seeing an unprecedented amount of household trash washing up on our southern beaches. As fingers start pointing to where the trash is coming from so that we can all appoint blame, its clear that there are multiple culprits.
A lot of the trash we find on our beaches and in our harbour is Hong Kong's own trash, we can see this from the brands, the labels and even so blatantly as is the case in Aberdeen harbour, even see the source staring us in the face in the case of polystyrene boxes, as they fall into the water.
Then of course there is our neighbor, everyone prefers to blame the neighbor, and as with our current trash crisis much of it has mainland brands and labels not found in Hong Kong, so clearly it originates from the mainland, likely washed down the Pearl River Delta and along onto our shores.
Another potential source has also been located and is being talked about. A mystical island where the trash flows freely into the sea. An island just south of Chung Chau known as Wei Ling Ding. Here on the south side of the island day sailors and fishermen from HK have reported seeing a huge trash dump down the side of the cliffs. Images of this trash dump can be seen on Google Earth and we have received some images that clearly show the extent of this monster. Trash from here is certainly entering the sea and the HK Government should in their cross border liaisons that are now occurring address this.
However we believe it is not the smoking gun, “the source of all of our problems” that we now see washing up on South Lantau and South HK Island.
The composition of the trash we are seeing appears to be mass household trash possibly being illegally dumped into the Pearl River where it would normally be taken away out into the South China Sea. Sadly with the change of wind and currents it has blown back, right into our shores.
The shear scale of the trash we are seeing is not possible from just this one island, which from what we can see has very little inhabitants. It may be a contributing factor for sure, but it is not the main source, and should not distract us too much from finding the real culprit. But it must be addressed!
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