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03/14/2014
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Beer cans , PET bottles , pieces of abadás , skewered condoms , napkins, makeup kits ... The list of waste collected by Clean Project Fund in the sea of Barra in Salvador , after the Carnival holiday is extensive .
On Thursday ( 6 ) , while many people were still enjoying the surf revelry , 33 volunteer divers - accompanied by six firefighters and three lifeguards - went to the bottom of the ocean picking up trash less aware of revelers . And , apparently , they are still many : 3:30 a.m. on diving , the NGO has hoarded 292 kg of waste waters that bathe the four ocean beaches of Barra .
The amount is smaller than the Carnival 2013 , when the design took the 915 kg of waste water . However , the amount of waste almost doubled : 2,162 objects were collected , against 1,284 last year . "We expected a surplus and he did not come . It is a very worrying result . After all, there exists a lack of information , "says Lis Braga , Director of Communication Project Clean Fund . She attributes the increased amount of waste thrown into the sea to a new habit observed in Bahia revelers : to go drink beer in the water and let the tin there.
Beverage cans - especially alcohol - were the third most commonly found type of litter on the seabed during Carnival , second only to plastic and wooden objects - mainly PET bottles and BBQ skewers . The number of pads , clothing and condoms ( new and used ) also caught the attention of divers .
To make sure that all trash was collected Surf Carnival , a day before the start of the carnival events in Salvador , the staff of the Project Clean Background dove to clear the sea from the bar and took water 422.3 kg of waste . By the end of the year , the NGO will still perform cleanups two other four beaches in the region : one in the winter period and another during the Clean Up Day in September. ( Source : Sustainable Planet )
Source : Environment Brazil
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