Nearly 100 workers from the Da Nang Urban Environment Joint Stock Company were mobilized to clean up trash along Nguyen Tat Thanh beach, near Phu Loc bridge in Thanh Khe district and the beach along Hoang Sa and Vo Nguyen Giap streets in Son Tra district.
The types of garbage that wash up on the shore include water hyacinth, plastic bags, used plastic bottles, fishing gear and dry plants. Mixed in with the garbage are syringes, wood and rusty iron nails...
It is estimated that about 10 tons of garbage have been washed up on the beaches in recent days. Not only the beaches, in recent days, tons of duckweed from upstream have been washed down to the Han River. In many places, duckweed is piled up in thick layers, covering the river surface.
