Volunteers clean up Bali's beach from monsoon-driven plastic pollution

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Hundreds of volunteers take part in a cleanup operation on Kedonganan beach in Bali, Indonesia, as monsoon rains brought what the founder of the environmental organisation Sungai Watch, Gary Bencheghib, describes as "the worst" waves of plastic waste to hit its tourist hotspot beaches.

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00:00From a visual perspective I think we saw that this is definitely the worst that's ever been.

00:29You know, we've never seen plastics a meter thick within the sand.

00:34In just six days of cleanup we collected our first 25 tons, which is a record breaking for us.

00:40My hope for the situation is to showcase the reality of Bali.

01:01Like this is what we have here, this is the reality of the beaches here.

01:06And I guess with that is to also educate people and show like, hey, this is happening now.

01:13It's not just all white beaches and blue water. This is what's happening.

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