Penghu‘s marine debris

When we think of Penghu, what comes to mind is a turquoise blue ocean and white waves gently breaking on the shore: today, however, this is far from the reality. Ten million tons of garbage is flushed into the ocean every year, some of which ends up on Penghu’s formerly pristine beaches. What impact is this marine debris having on the local area?

When a young photographer visiting Penghu realized the damage that marine debris is doing to the environment, she resolved to stay and try to do something about it. She gave up her relatively stable, high-paying job and began to initiate beach-cleaning activities in Penghu, transforming floating trash into art pieces for sale. The marine debris problem is already severe, but as long as you have the will, you can still make a difference.

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澎湖的海漂垃圾

湛藍的海水推著潔白的浪花拍打上岸，這是我們印象中的澎湖， 然而現實卻不是這樣的，每年有千萬噸垃圾流入海中，它們隨著季風與洋流漂流到了澎湖這座島嶼上，這些垃圾又對當地造成了怎樣的影響呢？

海漂垃圾已經對環境造成了破壞，垃圾覆蓋了沙灘，在澎湖有位年輕的攝影師看到了這樣的情況毅然決然的留了下來，她放棄了原先相對穩定薪資較高的攝影師工作，在澎湖開始發起淨灘，將那些海漂垃圾做成了一件件藝術品販售。海漂垃圾的問題已經非常嚴重，但只要願意，你我都能為海洋做出改變。

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