According to the PADI AWARE (Aquatic World Awareness, Responsibility and Education) initiative over “6 million tonnes [sic] of debris enters the world’s oceans each year”.
About International Cleanup Day 19th September 2009
Project AWARE’s longstanding International Cleanup Day event is the biggest underwater cleanup of its kind. Held annually on the 3rd Saturday in September each year, more than 370,000 volunteers clean over 33,000 miles of shoreline to remove seven million pounds of rubbish.
Project AWARE partners with dedicated scuba divers to clean the world’s oceans, lakes, rivers and shorelines. These volunteers take part in practical cleanup solutions and collect data for the global Marine Debris Index which is vital to addressing global debris issues. Cleanup and data collection activities are supported by Project AWARE Foundation, partners and volunteers on an ongoing basis to reform, inform, educate and legislate.
A cleanup event has been registered for the 19th of September at Nisida Beach. This site is the one most frequented by our local divers and is also the most in need of our clean up efforts. This is also a wonderful time to bring any non-diving friends or family members and get them involved with SCUBA! Cleanup efforts will be done both above and below the water and along the shore line.
Some of the historical data for Italy:
| Total (bags of trash) | |
| Shoreline and Recreational Activities (Bags, bottles, cups, and toys…) | 5,632 |
| Oceanway/Waterway Activities (buoys, floats, fishing line…) | 1,177 |
| Smoking related Activities (Cigarettes, Cigarette lighters, and butts) | 8,419 |
| Dumping Activities (Appliances, batteries, cars…) | 596 |
| Medical Personal Hygiene (Condoms, Diapers, syringes) | 150 |
| Marine Debris Total | 15,974 |
Information taken from other volunteers and compiled by PADI AWARE
Please join us on Saturday 19, September for this attempt to give back to the one resource that gives us so much – our world’s Oceans. We will submit our findings to the Global Marine Debris Index once completed.
Come on over to the DivingItlay Forum and volunteer with us today!
Thanks Rob C. for passing on this link and getting the ball rolling on this wonderful cleanup effort.
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