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Depending on who you talk to, beach cleanups are valuable opportunities to build environmental awareness, or well-intentioned yet Sisyphean attempts to reduce ocean pollution. There are also cynics who dismiss such events as nothing better than backdrops against which virtue-signaling millennials can take selfies. Ryan Hevern is in no doubt where he stands. “We can’t clean it all up, and there’ll be trash there again tomorrow. We know that, we aren’t naive. But if we can help people become more mindful, so they make minor adjustments to their everyday routine, we’ll have a more positive impact on the planet,” he says. ....
As an island nation proud of its Austronesian heritage, Taiwan has a very special relationship with the ocean. Consequently, the problem of coastal debris pollution caused by humans is a particularly pertinent issue to the public. The fifth annual Taiwan National Clean Up Day, held on Saturday last week at 16 locations across the nation, served as a testimony to the importance of ocean protection to residents of Taiwan from different walks of life. While beach cleanups are useful tools for raising community awareness, it is important to think about ocean waste in the broader context of Taiwan’s geopolitical circumstances. Many ....