Kinetic Sports, organisers of the prestigious annual beach tournament, COPA Lagos recently mobilised Nigerians from all walks of life for a clean-up of the Lagos coastal area of Elegushi Beach in Lekki with 772kg of trash collected.
The exercise, which has become a part of the yearly COPA Lagos calendar, is aimed at conserving the beach. It encourages cleanliness in the environment as a way of preserving marine life.
Speaking during the exercise, Managing Director of Kinetic Sports, Samson Adamu, said the target for this year was to collect at least 750kg of trash during the exercise, with each participant required to collect at least 15kg of trash. The target was, however, surpassed with the participants collecting 772kg of trash.
According to him, garbage has been discarded into the oceans for as long as humans have lived on seashores or near waterways flowing into the sea, with serious consequences on human and marine life.
He identified plastics as one of the worst forms of garbage found on the ocean shore because of its indestructible, indecomposable, lightweight and floating nature.
“Presently, there are millions of kilograms of trash on ocean beaches around the world, thus necessitating a need to constantly clean up our beaches.
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