International Coastal Cleanup Singapore

2001 Summary

Probable source of Marine debris

% of Total Debris Collected - New Data Card (ICCS 2001)

SUMMARY

Total

Location

Buloh - Kranji Mangroves, East Coast, Changi, Pasir Ris, Sembawang, Pulau Ubin, West Coast, Singapore River / Kallang Basin

Participants

Mangrove: Catholic High Sec Sch (CHSS), Commonwealth Secondary School (CSS), Saint Andrew's Junior College (SAJC), Singapore American School Middle School & SAVE (SAS), Temasek Junior College Green Instinx (TJC), Victoria Junior College (VJC), Woodlands Ring Sec Sch (WRSS), Yusoff Ishak Sec School (YISS); Supported by: Tao Nan Marlin Sea Scouts, Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society, YMCA, Sungei Buloh Nature Park & The Habitat Group. Beach: Beatty Sec Sch, Dow Chemical Company, Dunman High Sch (DHS), Greenview Sec Sch, Ministry of Trade & Industry Staff Club (MTISC), Nanyang Polytechnic (Geo Council), National Junior College(NJC), Nat'l Youth Achievement Award Council (NYAAC), Overseas Family School (OFS), Raffles Girls' Sch (RGS), Republic of Singapore Yacht Club (RSYC), SEC Riverkeepers & Green Volunteer Network, United World College (UWC), Victoria Junior College (Green Mission Club), Waterways Watch Society (WWS), YMCA & Yusoff Ishak Sec Sch (YISS)

No. of participants (data collectors only)
1,044

Area involved (sq. m.)
8,560

Total No. of Bags
655

Average weight (kg)
5.20

Total weight (kg)
3,405

Shoreline & Recreational Activities
47,026 60.74%

Ocean/Waterway Activities
16,395 21.18%

Smoking-Related Activities
9,330 12.05%

Dumping Activities
4,490 5.80%

Medical/Personal Hygiene
184 0.24%

Debris Items of Local Concern
0 0.00%

Total Items
77,425 100.00%

Most Peculiar Item

cellphone, Indonesian Passport, toilet seat, 2 toothbrushes, luggage, basketball, tennis ball, stuffed animal, car seat, dog house, crutch, refrigerator door, vacuum tube, motorcycle helmet, boat, ping pong ball, torch, traffic cone, inhaler, hammer, inner tubes (from wheels), clock, 6-7 batteries, 4 car tyres, 6 bumpers, fuel injector, vaccine bottle, director chair, office chairs, rubber dinghy. Ceramic, diary, cement blocks, large umbrella, rusted steel rod, large rope, lots of satay sticks, a bag of longans, drugs & tablets, chair

Entangled wildlife

3 fishes + 4crabs trapped in plastic bags and fising lines

Comments during cleanup

too many cigarette butts, lots of pieces of styrofoam found along the coast, oil spill observed at breakwater, the tide was high but a lot of foams cups and plastics bags were floating around boat quay area

SUMMARY	Total
Location	Buloh - Kranji Mangroves, East Coast, Changi, Pasir Ris, Sembawang, Pulau Ubin, West Coast, Singapore River / Kallang Basin
Location
Participants	Mangrove: Catholic High Sec Sch (CHSS), Commonwealth Secondary School (CSS), Saint Andrew's Junior College (SAJC), Singapore American School Middle School & SAVE (SAS), Temasek Junior College Green Instinx (TJC), Victoria Junior College (VJC), Woodlands Ring Sec Sch (WRSS), Yusoff Ishak Sec School (YISS); Supported by: Tao Nan Marlin Sea Scouts, Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society, YMCA, Sungei Buloh Nature Park & The Habitat Group. Beach: Beatty Sec Sch, Dow Chemical Company, Dunman High Sch (DHS), Greenview Sec Sch, Ministry of Trade & Industry Staff Club (MTISC), Nanyang Polytechnic (Geo Council), National Junior College(NJC), Nat'l Youth Achievement Award Council (NYAAC), Overseas Family School (OFS), Raffles Girls' Sch (RGS), Republic of Singapore Yacht Club (RSYC), SEC Riverkeepers & Green Volunteer Network, United World College (UWC), Victoria Junior College (Green Mission Club), Waterways Watch Society (WWS), YMCA & Yusoff Ishak Sec Sch (YISS)
No. of participants (data collectors only)	1,044
Area involved (sq. m.)	8,560
Total No. of Bags	655
Average weight (kg)	5.20
Total weight (kg)	3,405
Shoreline & Recreational Activities	47,026	60.74%
Ocean/Waterway Activities	16,395	21.18%
Smoking-Related Activities	9,330	12.05%
Dumping Activities	4,490	5.80%
Medical/Personal Hygiene	184	0.24%
Debris Items of Local Concern	0	0.00%
Total Items	77,425	100.00%
Most Peculiar Item	cellphone, Indonesian Passport, toilet seat, 2 toothbrushes, luggage, basketball, tennis ball, stuffed animal, car seat, dog house, crutch, refrigerator door, vacuum tube, motorcycle helmet, boat, ping pong ball, torch, traffic cone, inhaler, hammer, inner tubes (from wheels), clock, 6-7 batteries, 4 car tyres, 6 bumpers, fuel injector, vaccine bottle, director chair, office chairs, rubber dinghy. Ceramic, diary, cement blocks, large umbrella, rusted steel rod, large rope, lots of satay sticks, a bag of longans, drugs & tablets, chair
Entangled wildlife	3 fishes + 4crabs trapped in plastic bags and fising lines
Comments during cleanup	too many cigarette butts, lots of pieces of styrofoam found along the coast, oil spill observed at breakwater, the tide was high but a lot of foams cups and plastics bags were floating around boat quay area