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Discovery Bay Erbai Bay 2.5 tons of vinyl pellets are suspected to come from the nearby golf course management company denies

2020-09-29T09:11:52.173Z


Many beaches in Hong Kong often see large amounts of trash floating. At the end of July, the environmental group "Plastic-Free Ocean" discovered that Erbai Bay in Discovery Bay was covered with black plastic pellets, suspected to come from the nearby multi-purpose artificial grass court "Discovery North Stadium". However, the Discovery Bay Service Management Company, a subsidiary of Hong Kong Xingye, denied the claim and believed that the rubber pellets used in the Discovery North Stadium were different from those found in Erbaiwan regardless of size and shape. The colloidal particles were found to accumulate. According to the Environmental Protection Department, the Marine Department has cleaned up about 2.5 tons of black particles and sea sand mixture. During the period, the Environmental Protection Department also took samples of nearby sea water for testing. The results showed that the water quality has not been affected; and the current situation of the beach has returned to normal.


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2020-09-29 16:48

Last update date: 2020-09-29 16:48

Many beaches in Hong Kong often see large amounts of trash floating.

At the end of July, the environmental group "Plastic-Free Ocean" discovered that Erbai Bay in Discovery Bay was covered with black plastic pellets, suspected to come from the nearby multi-purpose artificial grass court "Discovery North Stadium".

However, the Discovery Bay Service Management Company, a subsidiary of Hong Kong Xingye, denied the claim and believed that the rubber pellets used in the Discovery North Stadium were different from those found in Erbaiwan regardless of size and shape. The colloidal particles were found to accumulate.

According to the Environmental Protection Department, the Marine Department has cleaned up about 2.5 tons of black particles and sea sand mixture. During the period, the Environmental Protection Department also took samples of nearby sea water for testing. The results showed that the water quality has not been affected; and the current situation of the beach has returned to normal.

At the end of July, the environmental group "Plastic Free Ocean" discovered that Erbai Bay in Discovery Bay was covered with black plastic pellets.

("Plastic Free Seas" Facebook picture)

Since August this year, Plastic Free Ocean has visited Erbaiwan several times to clean up black plastic pellets, and even dug up a clam stuffed with black plastic pellets.

The group is worried that the rubber particles may enter the food chain or affect nearby mangroves.

The group pointed out in its Facebook page that the vinyl pellets seized in Erbai Bay and the pellet samples from the Discovery North Stadium were sent to the laboratory of the University of Hong Kong for comparison at the beginning of this month, and they were found to be the same.

The Discovery Bay Service Management Company pointed out in its reply to the Islands District Council that there was no abnormal loss of rubber particles in the Discovery North Stadium; and according to the storm drain map, the storm drain near the Discovery North Stadium will lead to Discovery North The water outlet next to the clock tower, not Erbaiwan.

In addition, after an immediate inspection, the maintenance contractor believed that the rubber pellets on the stadium and Erbaiwan were different in size and shape. Therefore, they claimed that there was no evidence that the rubber pellets on the Erbaiwan beach came from the stadium.

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The company also stated that it will regularly clean storm drains and the surroundings of the stadium, and increase the number of cleanings based on actual conditions; it will also install metal nets in storm drains next to the stadium, and continue to perform strict maintenance on the stadium to ensure the quality of artificial turf. Comply with government regulations.

The Environmental Protection Department stated that after receiving a notification from the Marine Department of the incident at the end of July, it immediately contacted the Marine Department, Discovery Bay Management Company and teamed up with volunteers to clean up the black particles on the beach.

In the 6 clean-up operations, a total of about 2.5 tons of black particles and sea sand were cleaned up.

The Environmental Protection Agency also stated that synthetic rubber is not a chemically active substance. If it falls into a water body, it will generally not have an immediate impact on the surrounding water quality, but it will decompose into fine rubber particles if it exists in the ocean for a long time.

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Source: hk1

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