How To Get The Most Impact Out Of A Beach Cleanup | Cleaning an Uninhabited Island In Malaysia

We found three decades worth of trash on this uninhabited island in Penang, Malaysia.

The Penang community cleared 800kgs of water bottles, ghost gear and even motorcycle helmets from Gazumbo Island. But beach cleanups cannot solve the plastic pollution problem if we don’t change our throwaway, single use culture

In this video, we explore how we can get more impact out of our cleanups.

#TheGreatGlobalCleanup

With support from Penang Green Council and Penang State Government
In collaboration with Tze Ni Yeoh, Penang Swimming Club, Central for Marine and Coastal Studies of Universiti Sains Malaysia

[syed.hanipp]

Saya hari2 ulang alik di jambatan pulau pinang, patutlah pulau kecil ni bersih, rupanya ada cleaning team yang bersihkan, Terima kasih !! Teruskan kegiatan yg mulia ini !!❤❤

[eves]

Thank you from France, for your courage. If nobody does it, it will be worse. I do the same here but with just some few people. Carry on !!

[BalboaBaggins]

Thank you for being an example for others and for protecting our beautiful planet. 👍 👌 🙏 ❤ 🌍

[TropicalOceanCleanup]

If that much washes back onto beach even more floats off to who knows where. Stop it in the river and canals first. Great work but will be never ending. Camiguin Island Philippines has 5 river trash Kabooms working 24/7 to stop plastics and trash BEFORE it gets into the ocean. Education is the key and we are taking this to the colleges and schools here also....you have a new sub, , , love what your trying to do, , , , Richard

[thulekovish]

Well done, good people. Let's do it and make a difference.

[mrstacyj]

bless you all - it is so difficult to live without plastic

[edmundtan]

Keep up the Good work Melissa and the whole Team. More help and resources are on the way to change Consumers daily plastic habits..

[torunstiernbielke]

Keep on doing this. Let tourists pick litter on the beach one day and let them get a discount on the price for their hotel visit.

[hispanocubanoamericano]

I lived in Penang in 2012 in a big apartment building in front of TESCO. Great job everyone! I'm so proud of you and so proud of Malaysia!

[Rusty_Gold]

You need to hammer the water bottle factory to stop making small bottles and only make 2litre or 4 litre containers . Also you need water dispensing outlets and purifiers Nodes so villager can refill clean water

[Jonathan-rzjk]

Well done, to little to late but looks good for you tube

[robbrenton]

You are so hot cleaning up the beaches ❤️‍🔥

[mikecsj]

Malaysia should set up annual national rubbish day, all citizen should participate to learn how to sort out rubbish and recycle and also clean up public area.

[gygy]

1--The plastic is from other countries, often where they have no waste management. People in poor ares, where there's no trash pickup or sewage, don't worry about recycling. 2--They point out the recyclables, when actually those bottles are too degraded to recycle. 3--the manufacturers have to stop making single-use plastics. If we avoided them in the supermarket, we'd starve.

[BalboaBaggins]

Malaysia still has landfills? Than you're just replacing the litter. I mean it's good it's not in nature anymore but they should start building waste-to-energy plants right away.

[jaiselknotoff]

Come up with something other than plastic for everyday items . Stop using plastic all !