Teams were sent off with gloves and bin bags down the beach to collect rubbish and then groups started to sift the sand at the side of the decking as it was full of polystyrene balls which had escaped from the tired old bean bags used in the bar. I personally think they should bin them and replace them with some environmentally friendly seating.
Whilst this was going on, Nathan, Si and I gathered all left over gear that was going to be deployed at Junk Yard (weights system, cross trainer, pvc coral garden etc) and put that to one side, ready to be put on the long tail, then stored all the left over pvc piping, rope and did a general tidy up.
A couple of hours had passed and the sifting had stopped, rubbish had been collected and before breaking for lunch, everyone helped to load all the gear up onto the longtail.
We had an hour or so for lunch, so Simon & I rode up to 'Deep Down' to see what was going on and had a coffee whilst ordering lunch from 'Zest'
Back at Crystal and before the dive site clean up began, Nath, Si & I jumped on the longtail and dropped off all the equipment at Junk Yard. We'll be arranging it and assembling items in the next few days and then finally, Junk Yard should be complete.
Back on land, everyone gathered, dive kits assemble and after a briefing by Nathan we headed out equipped with rubbish bags (nets) and scissors. Some got dropped off from the longtail whist some of us just swam out.
It didnt take that long to fill our bags, we'd found nets, plastic bags, sacks, piping, drink cans and clothes to name a few. The longtail was coasting about, so on surfacing, we'd call it over and empty out the contents and then carry on collecting.
Our dive was just over an hour and we'd collected 693kg worth of rubbish between us which was sorted into categories and then disposed of.
In the evening, 'Vibe' were having a fundraising bbq for 'Save Koh Tao'. There was tug of war, which Crystal won :-D, a limbo competition and more but as we arrived late, I think we must have missed a few.
A very good night was had by all..
3 comments:
That seems like alot of rubbish. Is this from one particular site or everywhere? I presume the tide assists it to the collection point?
The dive site clean up changes each month. This time it was time for Mae Haad. This is the area which has the most boat traffic to and from the island.
And yes the tide does play its part in where the rubbish ends up.
Please to hear your fund raising went well. People all over the world do not care enough about where they dump their rubbish, it's sad
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