10th July 2017, Mavi Deniz has been subcontracted beach cleaning and dam cleaning with 80 personnel, including beach cleaning machines, tractors, 8 pcs 4×4 pick-ups, 3 pcs coastal trash collection boats to collect trash, solid waste, plastics, nylon, weeds, cigarette, and garbage’s on the dam, rivers in the city of Adana Municipality for long-term operating services.
We segregated the group into two parts — one that picks up trash on the beach, and the other collects plastic and other debris in the dam area. After the clean-up, we could see that the water had become clearer closer to the shoreline.
The Municipality’s head of the maritime department said most waste came from tourists and trade ships. “They either pass by dumping all kinds of waste or overload trade ships.
There are many penalties for breaching the rules of disposing of waste.
People need to understand the importance of keeping the sea clean. You can see many people on boats throwing rubbish into the dam.
Littered butts also continue to be a significant concern because they are non-biodegradable and leach toxins into the water,
poisoning marine life,” the report states. “They also move easily through our stormwater systems, meaning a cigarette need not be dropped directly at the beach to find its way there.”
By 2050, the ocean’s plastic pollution may outweigh the animals that live there.