After Mangkhut

Be inspired to show up and clean up.

We are.

There are always options. We can sit in front of our screens and voice our opinions about what’s wrong. Or we can get out and do something to make a difference. Our community is getting out and getting shit done in the wake of the biggest storm in history to hit home in Hong Kong.

We’re taking advantage of the cleared vegetation to collect decades of polystyrene and plastic exposed by Super Typhoon Mangkhut that has been inaccessible until now.

Momentum is growing and more people are reaching out with questions about how we can get involved in the mostly spontaneous volunteer clean up efforts after Super Typhoon Manghkut puked plastic all over our shores and tore away coastal vegetation to reveal years worth of polystyrene and plastic that has been trapped and inaccessible for collection.

The storm’s arrival meant a number of activities scheduled for Sunday to mark World Cleanup Day on Saturday were postponed to the following weekend. Other cleanups were postponed indefinitely after damage made cleanups too risky.

There is no away.

Schedule | Volunteer | Organize | Support

2016 | 2017 | 2018

Hong Kong residents frustrated by officials’ response – SCMP 22 September 2018

Hong Kong faces days of uncertainty – SCMP 18 September 2018

Change

Sign this new petition from Peggy Chan at Grassroots Pantry.

https://www.change.org/p/everyone-recognise-process-pla-plant-plastic-in-hong-kong-%E5%9C%A8%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%AA%8D%E5%8F%AF%E4%B8%A6%E8%99%95%E7%90%86%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%A1%91%E8%86%A0-pla