Rain, wind and sun made for a successful beach clean up as part of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC)’s Sun Hung Kai & Co. Hong Kong Race Week 2023 regatta. The HKRW Green Team and the #rhkyc Sustainability Team teamed up with local Hong Kong charity Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 to host this fun and informative Middle Island Beach Clean Up this past weekend.

Our 26 volunteers braved the elements and collected:
* 60.46 kg of rubbish (including 7.5 kg of glass pieces)
* 23 plastic bottle caps
* 4 plastic recyclable beverage bottles (all from Hong Kong)
* 2 aluminium drink cans (recyclable)
* 1 huge ghost net

This beach clean up reminds us that still the BEST solution to pollution and stopping plastic in the ocean is to REUSE our waste and REDUCE using single-use plastics before considering RECYCLYING! Though we didn’t find any masks, we know that over 225 million masks are used each month in Hong Kong alone and these non-reusable masks contributes hugely to the rubbish problem and encourage people to use reusable masks NOT disposable in 2023.

Thank you to Rowen Logan from the RHKYC’s Sustainability Committee for all your great organization and to the committee members Cary Ng and Anthony Ngai for attending/supporting this event. 💪💪💪