{"id":59905,"date":"2021-05-25T11:02:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T12:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=59905"},"modified":"2021-05-25T11:23:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T12:23:59","slug":"258-kg-in-only-2-hours-cleanup-sao-miguel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/258-kg-in-only-2-hours-cleanup-sao-miguel\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost 400 kg in 6 hours in 2 islands!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

258 kg in only 2 hours! Cleanup in S\u00e3o Miguel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 22nd was the International Day of Biological Diversity. To celebrate this day and in the scope of the campaign Azores Entre-mares from the Regional Government of Azores we joined hands to collect marine debris in the coastal area of Lagoa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Each year, this day has a different theme, and this year was \u201cWe\u2019re part of the solution\u201d. Every time we do a cleaning campaign, we contribute to the OceanLit<\/a> and Life IP Azores Natura<\/a> projects, by collecting data and helping monitor the coastal debris found in the coast of S\u00e3o Miguel and raising awareness.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Forty people and two hours of cleaning was what we needed to collect 258kg of coastal debris. Of these 258 kg, we collected 80,7kg of plastic, 26kg of metal, 20,5kg of glass and 124,5kg of undifferentiated debris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One thing is for sure, unfortunately a lot of what we collected was local debris. From yogurt cups to water bottles and soap and juice packaging. From shoes, to flip flops and tooth brushes. This puts our daily habits into perspective. We need to choose local over global, organic over chemicals and we definitely need to reduce, reuse and recycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n