THE TRASHING OF IPANEMA BEACH

THE TRASHING OF IPANEMA BEACH - IGNORANCE AND SELFISHNESS ARE DESTROYING THIS ONCE IDYLLIC SPOT

Ipanema beach must be one of the most beautiful beaches to be found in an urban setting anywhere in the world. Its renowned sunset over the sea at the foot of the Dois Irmãos Mountains attracts sightseers and photographers. 

Sadly, this beauty is marred by the ignorance and selfishness of those who leave hundreds of kilos of plastic trash, bottles and garbage on the sands and right on the shoreline every day. 

This pile of about 60 kilos of trash, bottles and garbage left on or near the shoreline would have been swept into the sea before the municipal garbage collectors could have got it. It is the result of my single-handed collection from only one quarter of the beach on 09/02/2020, before I had to stop beach plogging because of the Pandemic.