Passionate ocean lovers gathered together at Australia's iconic Bondi Beach on Saturday to take part in a litter clean-up activity to arouse people's awareness of the harmful impact of waste on the sea.
周六,一群热爱海洋的人士聚集在澳大利亚标志性的邦迪海滩,参加一项清理垃圾的活动,旨在唤起人们对垃圾对海洋有害影响的意识。
The "Big Bondi Beach Clean", which covered approximately 50 hectares of the area, attracted around 60 volunteers who armed themselves with gloves, buckets, and litter pickers to collect rubbish from daily use and other debris that had washed up on the shore.
“大邦迪海滩清洁”活动覆盖了大约50公顷的区域,吸引了约60名志愿者,他们带着手套、水桶和垃圾拾取器,收集日常使用的垃圾和其他被冲上海岸的碎片。
Dana Lopez, an educator from Take 3 for the Sea, a marine conservation organization that coordinated the activity, shared with Xinhua that plastic pollution remains a complex problem for the ocean.
协调此次活动的海洋保护组织Take 3 for the Sea的教育工作者达纳·洛佩兹(Dana Lopez)分享说,塑料污染仍然是海洋面临的一个复杂问题。
"If you can imagine a microplastic that is the size of my fingernail, once it enters the ocean, it's going to be almost impossible to get it out, and obviously, once it enters the ocean, it impacts the animals," Lopez said.
洛佩兹说:“如果你能想象,一个指甲大小的微塑料,一旦它进入海洋,就几乎不可能把它弄出来,而且很明显,一旦它进入海洋,就会影响海洋动物。”
The two-day activity, along with some other art and science initiatives around Bondi Beach, is part of the annual Ocean Lovers Festival, which aims to connect people and engage them in behaviors that positively impact the ocean through various entertainment ideas.
这一为期两天的活动,以及邦迪海滩周围的其他一些艺术和科学活动,是一年一度的海洋爱好者节的一部分,旨在通过各种娱乐创意将人们联系起来,让他们参与到对海洋产生积极影响的行为中来。
The cleanup encourages all the individuals, groups, businesses, organizations, schools and surf clubs to learn about the harmful impacts of litter on the environment and feel good about protecting the oceans.
清理工作鼓励所有个人、团体、企业、组织、学校和冲浪俱乐部,了解垃圾对环境的有害影响,并由衷的保护海洋。
"I come down to the beach here every day, and I don't want it to be a garbage dump," said Maggie, one of the volunteers, who held a bucket containing cigarette butts, plastic bottles, and small pieces of metal collected from the beach.
“我每天都来这里的海滩,我不希望这里变成垃圾场,”志愿者之一玛吉说,她提着一个桶,里面装着从海滩上收集来的烟头、塑料瓶和小金属片。
According to Lopez, the volunteers picked up 20.5 kg of rubbish in one hour, including some more complicated or rare items, such as vapes and batteries.
据洛佩兹说,志愿者们一小时内捡了20.5公斤垃圾,其中包括一些更复杂或少见的物品,如电子烟和电池。