Marine debris study at Kerteh River, Terengganu

Abstract

The study about debris collection was conducted at Sungai Kerteh, Terengganu. Before that, the place and the coordinates were taken (latitude and longitude). Debris is collected begin at the starting point; the all items which are larger than a plastic drink bottle lid (about 9 square centimeters) were collected. The debris were placed into the plastic bags. The number of items in each group and weight each bag were counted to determine the total number and weight of each bag. The debris are divided by types, such as plastics, rubber, metal, glass and others. The study showed that plastic is the most corpulent garbage collected and recorded. This may be due to the use of plastic is widely used today and the attitude of people who throw rubbish everywhere without regard to its impact on the environment.