{"id":713066,"date":"2019-09-30T06:41:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T06:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/30\/south-korean-mayor-apologises-for-dumping-waste-on-beach-for-clean-up-day\/"},"modified":"2019-09-30T06:41:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T06:41:55","slug":"south-korean-mayor-apologises-for-dumping-waste-on-beach-for-clean-up-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/30\/south-korean-mayor-apologises-for-dumping-waste-on-beach-for-clean-up-day\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean mayor apologises for dumping waste on beach for clean-up day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/south-korean-mayor-apologises-for-dumping-waste-on-beach-for-clean-up-day\/\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"463\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1360868209972_1715528351668-Copy-696x463.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"1360868209972_1715528351668 (Copy)\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A South Korean mayor who dumped a tonne of trash on a clean beach to give environmental campaigners something to pick up has said sorry for his deception.<\/p>\n<p>Officials trucked in litter and waste that had already been collected from rubbish-strewn coasts, and scattered it all over the pristine sand of southwest Jindo.<\/p>\n<p>The following day hundreds of volunteers scoured the shores and bagged up the garbage as part of an event to mark International Coastal Cleanup Day, a global event aimed at countering the scourge of sea-borne waste.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe brought in waste styrofoam and other coastal trash gathered from nearby areas so the 600 participants could carry out clean-up activities,\u201d said Lee Dong-jin, Jindo county mayor, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>His office apologised for causing trouble and said the event was meant to \u201craise awareness about the seriousness of coastal waste\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lee said all the litter had been retrieved and taken care of \u201c100 percent\u201d. He said none had entered the ocean and there had been \u201cno secondary pollution\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>International Coastal Cleanup Day \u2014 which this year fell on September 21 \u2014 is one of the largest global movements for oceanic preservation.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers in around 100 countries took part this year, with beaches in Thailand, Hawaii, Israel and the Philippines also included.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>yahoo.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A South Korean mayor who dumped a tonne of trash on a clean beach to give environmental campaigners something to pick up has said sorry for his deception. Officials trucked in litter and waste that had already been collected from rubbish-strewn coasts, and scattered it all over the pristine sand of southwest Jindo. 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