Group finds 6 million pounds of trash on world's beaches in single day

[Heracles 417]

i think it is sad about the beaches of this country plus the world.,....

I don't know almaty. Have you seen some of the beaches in AUS. We take a lot of pride in cleaning them. Well worth the tax I pay.. I remember they had a big advertising blitz in the 90's about keeping the beaches clean. Especially when it came to leaving glass there..

Edited April 17, 2008 by Boo-Yah!

[Heracles 417]

Without a commitment towards conservation and protecting the environment, we'll continue down this reckless path of self destruction.

Interesting you put it that way because that is one of the motto's in Australia

[almaty 19]

i think it is sad about the beaches of this country plus the world.,....

I don't know almaty. Have you seen some of the beaches in AUS. We take a lot of pride in cleaning them. Well worth the tax I pay.. I remember they had a big advertising blitz in the 90's about keeping the beaches clean. Especially when it came to leaving glass there..

sadly, never been to Aus., but have had friends go there..and they say, the beaches are remarkable ....

[Heracles 417]

i think it is sad about the beaches of this country plus the world.,....

I don't know almaty. Have you seen some of the beaches in AUS. We take a lot of pride in cleaning them. Well worth the tax I pay.. I remember they had a big advertising blitz in the 90's about keeping the beaches clean. Especially when it came to leaving glass there..

sadly, never been to Aus., but have had friends go there..and they say, the beaches are remarkable ....

You would also like the people there. Just think of the opposite of me. Laid back, friendly, easy going etc etc..

Edited April 17, 2008 by Boo-Yah!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Without a commitment towards conservation and protecting the environment, we'll continue down this reckless path of self destruction.

Interesting you put it that way because that is one of the motto's in Australia

Is that along with:

"If its wet, drink it"

and..

"If it moves, grill it"

I joke of course

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Without a commitment towards conservation and protecting the environment, we'll continue down this reckless path of self destruction.

Interesting you put it that way because that is one of the motto's in Australia

Australia can't be wrong all the time.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Without a commitment towards conservation and protecting the environment, we'll continue down this reckless path of self destruction.

Interesting you put it that way because that is one of the motto's in Australia

Is that along with:

"If its wet, drink it"

and..

"If it moves, grill it"

I joke of course

I thought is was Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi! Oi! Oi!

[Heracles 417]

Without a commitment towards conservation and protecting the environment, we'll continue down this reckless path of self destruction.

Interesting you put it that way because that is one of the motto's in Australia

Is that along with:

"If its wet, drink it"

and..

"If it moves, grill it"

I joke of course

Australians love grilling. Hell I grill, or BBQ as we call it, everything here. My neighbors hate me here because I use coal to get the real flavor out of it. Polluting the air and all..

[Heracles 417]

Without a commitment towards conservation and protecting the environment, we'll continue down this reckless path of self destruction.

Interesting you put it that way because that is one of the motto's in Australia

Australia can't be wrong all the time.

The environment is something Australians feel strongly about. After all it is our country and only ends up what we make it or allow it to be. We enjoy being able to travel and BBQ with family and friends in parks, at beaches, etc.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

We should all plan a VJ expedition/meetup in the Great Outback! Boo-yah could be our guide.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

We should all plan a VJ expedition/meetup in the Great Outback! Boo-yah could be our guide.

Well you could go to Death Valley. Pretty much the same thing

[almaty 19]

Without a commitment towards conservation and protecting the environment, we'll continue down this reckless path of self destruction.

Interesting you put it that way because that is one of the motto's in Australia

Australia can't be wrong all the time.

The environment is something Australians feel strongly about. After all it is our country and only ends up what we make it or allow it to be. We enjoy being able to travel and BBQ with family and friends in parks, at beaches, etc.

i salute Aus..and the people./.for their enviromental concerns....

[HAL 9000 96]

Without a commitment towards conservation and protecting the environment, we'll continue down this reckless path of self destruction.

Interesting you put it that way because that is one of the motto's in Australia

Australia can't be wrong all the time.

The environment is something Australians feel strongly about. After all it is our country and only ends up what we make it or allow it to be. We enjoy being able to travel and BBQ with family and friends in parks, at beaches, etc.

i salute Aus..and the people./.for their enviromental concerns....

Damn treehugging hippies.

BY- try grilling with wood next time.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Ugh, sounds gross.

This was published as Sharon Beder, The Sydney Experience, in A.M.Cooke, ed., Sydney's Strangled Sewerage System, ANZAAS, 1990.

Sydney's beaches and rivers are regularly polluted by sewage from the city's sewage outfalls and from stormwater drains. The sewage flowing into ocean bathing waters is either raw or inadequately treated. Eighty-five to ninety percent of suspended solids in raw sewage pass through the treatment process at the three major outfalls and into the ocean. Sixty tonnes of grease are discharged through the three main ocean outfalls each day. Eight tonnes of this is described as beach grease because it reaches the beach - 60% of beach grease is of industrial and commercial origin. The grease agglomerates into particles and balls containing faecal matter and pathogens. Grease balls released through the new deepwater outfalls, which are due to be commissioned over the next couple of years, would come to the surface immediately (whether or not the main body of sewage remained submerged) and be blown onshore. These grease particles may pose an acute public health hazard.[1]

Monitoring of beaches by the NSW Health Department over the past few years has shown beaches to be unsatisfactory for swimming for a considerable proportion of time[2] and recent reports show that Beachwatch inspectors are unable to judge whether the beaches are polluted using visual indicators (see figure 1). A recent epidemiological survey of 3000 beachgoers found that 1 in 3 people who went swimming in these conditions got sick within 10 days. Those who swam in "polluted" water were 35% more likely to get sick than those who swam in less polluted waters and 55% more likely to get sick than those who did not swim at all.[3]

Pollution is often worse after rain. When it rains sewers overflow into stormwater drains and into the environment causing large amounts of raw sewage and industrial waste to pour into Sydney's waterways. It is estimated that 30 percent of the total annual load of suspended solids is lost to the system because of sewer overflows, amounting to some 45,700 tonnes per year.[4] In addition raw sewage which reaches the ocean plants sometimes bypasses the treatment process because there is too much flow for the plants to handle.

Most of Sydney's liquid industrial waste is disposed of via the sewers. It makes up 42% of the total sewage reaching the ocean. Almost all the toxic waste contained in this flow passes through the treatment process and into the sea. This includes hundreds of tonnes of heavy metals and more than twenty tonnes of organochlorines per year.[5] This toxic waste has been accumulating in the fish life over the years and surveys have found that there are excessive amounts of mercury and a variety of organochlorines in fish caught up to 3.5 kilometres from the outfalls (see figures 2-5).

The public was only made aware of this state of affairs in early 1989 as a result of a series of media reports. The deepwater outfalls which were touted as bringing an end to beach pollution will do nothing to reduce the amount of grease, bacteria, viruses or toxic waste being discharged into the ocean.

http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/sbeder/sewage/ANZAAS.html

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I wonder what Troll has been up to today?