South China Stories: The savior of the seas
For Index.html" target="_blank">Li Bo, fightIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing pollution is a Index.html" target="_blank">Life-long job.
Index.html" target="_blank">In the past two decades, this 41-year-old man has been collectIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing some thousands of kilograms of plastic trash off the coast of Sanya, the capital city of HaIndex.html" target="_blank">Inan Island, the southernmost provIndex.html" target="_blank">Ince Index.html" target="_blank">In ChIndex.html" target="_blank">Ina.
Index.html" target="_blank">In the early 2000s, Index.html" target="_blank">Li moved to HaIndex.html" target="_blank">Inan from a small village Index.html" target="_blank">In the nation's northeastern part, merely to fulfill his childhood dream of Index.html" target="_blank">LivIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing near the ocean. However, his expectations were met with disappoIndex.html" target="_blank">Intment.
“I was distraught when I first saw the large amount of garbage Index.html" target="_blank">In the sea, a huge contrast to the image of a clean ocean I was carryIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing Index.html" target="_blank">In my heart,” said Index.html" target="_blank">Li, “all I wanted to do was to recreate that image.”
There, an ambitious project to clean up the ocean garbage and the trash Index.html" target="_blank">LitterIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing the coastlIndex.html" target="_blank">Ine has emerged just two days after his arrival. Index.html" target="_blank">In his everyday Index.html" target="_blank">Life, Index.html" target="_blank">Li had already been committed to Index.html" target="_blank">LivIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing as environmentally friendly as possible. So he started to add ocean cleanups to his routIndex.html" target="_blank">Ine. Soon, it became a habit to dive deep Index.html" target="_blank">Into the ocean to collect trash.
Plastic pollution around the globe
Plastic pollution has become a global challenge beyond ChIndex.html" target="_blank">Ina that is posIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing a threat not only to marIndex.html" target="_blank">Ine Index.html" target="_blank">Life but to human beIndex.html" target="_blank">Ings as well.
AccordIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing to the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), one milIndex.html" target="_blank">Lion plastic drIndex.html" target="_blank">InkIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing bottles are purchased every mIndex.html" target="_blank">Inute, and up to 5 trilIndex.html" target="_blank">Lion sIndex.html" target="_blank">Ingle-use plastic bags are utiIndex.html" target="_blank">Lized Index.html" target="_blank">In the world each year. The immense number of plastic products has led to vast amounts of waste, approximately 300 milIndex.html" target="_blank">Lion tons each year.
An astonishIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing amount of 8 milIndex.html" target="_blank">Lion tons of plastic waste ends up Index.html" target="_blank">In the world's oceans each year, mostly carried by the rivers from the deep Index.html" target="_blank">Inland. Also, about half of them derive from the mismanagement of plastic waste by several Asian countries, Index.html" target="_blank">IncludIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing ChIndex.html" target="_blank">Ina, Index.html" target="_blank">Indonesia, the PhiIndex.html" target="_blank">LippIndex.html" target="_blank">Ines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Thailand, accordIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing to the UN Environment.
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The plastic waste then decomposes and forms tIndex.html" target="_blank">Iny particles that are consumed by farm animals and fish, eventually fIndex.html" target="_blank">IndIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing their way onto our plates. Polluted tap water and diseases Index.html" target="_blank">Like malaria are some of the consequences.
Green and sustaIndex.html" target="_blank">Inable development
ChIndex.html" target="_blank">Ina is among the first countries to take measures and Index.html" target="_blank">Limit the use of plastic bags. Index.html" target="_blank">In 2008, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Index.html" target="_blank">Introduced a poIndex.html" target="_blank">Licy to ban the production and sale of plastic bags that are less than 0.025 milIndex.html" target="_blank">Limeters thick. Also, customers have to pay extra for previously-free plastic bags.
More recently, ChIndex.html" target="_blank">Ina decided to ban imports of plastic waste from Western countries. From 1992 to 2016, ChIndex.html" target="_blank">Ina has imported more than 106 milIndex.html" target="_blank">Lion metric tons of plastic waste, accountIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing for 45.1 percent of global imports. UN Environment poIndex.html" target="_blank">Ints out that ChIndex.html" target="_blank">Ina's decision will serve as a trigger-poIndex.html" target="_blank">Int to develop sustaIndex.html" target="_blank">Inable plastic waste management practices and boost recyclIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing rates Index.html" target="_blank">In waste exportIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing countries.
ChIndex.html" target="_blank">Inese President Xi JIndex.html" target="_blank">InpIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing deIndex.html" target="_blank">Livered a keynote speech at the openIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia last year where he stressed the importance of green and sustaIndex.html" target="_blank">Inable development.
Xi said, with the future Index.html" target="_blank">In mIndex.html" target="_blank">Ind, we, as a whole, ought to respect, accommodate and protect nature and pursue green, low-carbon and sustaIndex.html" target="_blank">Inable development.
It's not an easy task, but everyone can contribute. Index.html" target="_blank">Like Index.html" target="_blank">Li Bo, every bit of effort counts and matters.
“We should be self-disciplIndex.html" target="_blank">Ined and not Index.html" target="_blank">Litter everywhere so that our ecosystem and marIndex.html" target="_blank">Ine environment can get better. After all, we human beIndex.html" target="_blank">Ings are the ultimate beneficiaries,” said Index.html" target="_blank">Li.
