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Barcelona (Spain), ??May 30 (EFE).- (Camera: EFE) A group of residents of Sant Adrià de Besòs (Barcelona) gathered on Sunday to protest the pollution of the municipality's beach, which was closed on Saturday so authorities could analyze the possible presence of contaminating elements in the sand, which could pose a health risk, due to the industrial activity that took place in the area.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST AND THE BEACH.
Dakar, Jul 28 (EFE) .- Senegalese startup Kayfo has developed an entertaining and fun way to raise awareness on the serious issue of beach pollution: Clean my Beach, a slingshot-style videogame in which players must, like its name depicts, clean beaches.Players are put at the centre of the issue as they throw all the rubbish into a recycling bin and return animals to their natural habitat.FOOTAGE OF BEACHES IN SENEGAL, KAYFO HEADQUARTERS AND FOOTAGE OF THE GAME (COURTESY OF KAYFO.)SOUNDBITES OF:-JULIEN HERBIN, KAYFO FOUNDER: "It is an issue that concerns us all, especially when we see the state of the beaches here in Senegal, it is something that strikes us every time we go to the beach, so we thought it would be a good point to address in a videogame.""The more you play, the more the natural environment will return. Some animals are going to return to the beach making it more beautiful, without a doubt.""That is why the name is also in English, we have not used neither French nor Wolof. It is a game with a global reach. Beach pollution in some parts of the world is obviously a much bigger problem than in others, but it is a global problem and, if we go further, we all share ocean pollution."-THIERNO NDIAYE, GAME DEVELOPER:"I think that the topic is very important because it contributes to the protection of the environment and allows young people to be aware and at the same time learn that we must collect garbage and thus can contribute to the protection of the environment."-BINTA DEME, VIDEOGAME DESIGNER:"Kayfo Game Studio has chosen a quite noble theme such as protecting the environment, because if we take the example of Senegal, people throw garbage everywhere, we see more and more pollution on the beaches and in the streets and, we said to ourselves 'we are going to do something about it, raise awareness among people, awaken the collective consciousness."
San Andrés (Colombia), Feb 15 (EFE).- (Camera: Ares Biescas) On the beaches of the island of San Andres, a Colombian paradise in the Caribbean, waves return plastic bottles, flip flops and single-use cups and cutlery to shore, covering the sand in the rubbish that has not been properly disposed of.FOOTAGE OF RUBBISH IN SAN ANDRÉS.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:Lizbeth Arigan, resident: "Around the trees, there's a lot of pollution. Pollution has taken over the vegetation."Rosaina Forbes, resident: "Kids have got sick because of pollution, they've had viruses with a fever, flu, vomit, diarrhoea. Kids and adults. A few months ago I had red spots on my skin, my skin was affected by pollution."Ana Raquel Mar, technical consultant at Schooner Night Ethnic Association: "It's a use project. We collect and transport solid residue that can be reused. In four months we have collected 40 tons. Of those 40 tons, we've sent 10 to Bogotá.""All this material we see here is ready to be taken on a ship to Cartagena."
Children and youth alike jump right into a foamy discharge, caused by pollutants mixing with sea water, as it creates the perfect playground at Marina beach. IMAGES
Waves of plastic have washed on the shores of the Dominican Republic. Over 500 workers have been drafted in to clear up 60 tonnes of rubbish in the last week alone.
Pieces of a mysterious yellow foam, resembling sponge, were discovered on the Cote d'Opale shoreline, in northern France on Tuesday, fueling a storm of speculation and loud reaction from the environmentalist community. The local authorities said that the foam, which appeared on the beach, could be the result of sea pollution and they intend to send it to specialized laboratories for further testing.
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