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KWCI (GPI)
Marine pollution
Microplastics
Oceans (campaign title)
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Toxics (campaign title)
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X-Press-Pearl Accident Aftermath in Sri Lanka
Surath, a fisherman from Kepungoda, Negombo, Sri Lanka - one of the stretches of coastline mostly affected by the X-Press Pearl disaster.
Surath, along with many other community members, has been asked not to fish in these waters due to contamination. The disaster is an additional blow to the fishing community, already badly affected by repeated lockdowns due to the pandemic. Image taken at Kepungoda, Negombo.
Unique identifier:
GP1SVAJX
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
07/06/2021
Locations:
Asia
,
Negombo
,
Sri Lanka
Credit line:
© Tashiya de Mel / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
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Microplastic Cleanup on Coastlines - X-Press-Pearl Accident Aftermath in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is facing one of the worst environmental disasters in its history after tons of plastic pellets have washed ashore near its capital devastating kilometers of pristine beaches and threatening marine life. The pellets, microplastics the size of lentils, are the type used as raw materials in the production of single-use plastic packaging.
The X-Press Pearl was a Singapore-registered container ship which entered service in February 2021. On 20 May 2021, X-Press Pearl caught fire off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The vessel was engulfed in flames by 27 May and declared a total loss. It was still afloat, and the fire was thought to be under control by Sri Lankan firefighters. After burning for 12 days, the vessel sank on 2 June as it was being towed away to deeper waters. The incident was deemed the worst marine ecological disaster in Sri Lankan history for the chemical products that spilled.
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