Manila Bay trash is a big problem on Corregidor Island.
Dec 30, 2016 18:40:58 GMT 8
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Post by Karl Welteke on Dec 30, 2016 18:40:58 GMT 8
Manila Bay trash is a big problem on Corregidor Island.
All the trash comes from the communities around Manila Bay and ends up on the shores of Corregidor. It is very bad; it is a horrendous ugly and unhealthy situation.
Thousands of tourists visit Corregidor every year including from many foreign lands; what will be their impression? Corregidor was hailed as the Gibraltar of the Pacific; it played a vital and dramatic role in WWII 1942 and 1945. It houses now the Pacific War Memorial.
This is not the fault of CFI (Corregidor Foundation Inc.), manager of the island and war memorial. The leaders and people of CFI are not to blame; the trash comes from the people all around Manila Bay. Now, with the NE winds it is even a bigger problem.
Every day the CFI Management with their limited resources is trying to pick up the trash that the strong winds pick up from the pitching swells and blow it onto land. The trash that is blown on land is a truck full every so many days. Later, pictures will show the unbelievable amount. And what can be done with the tons of trash in the water and on the rocks at the shoreline. Boat and craft propeller screws get fouled or damaged! There is no way it can be cleaned up, it is too much and it comes every day in an unbelievable amount.
SOCIETY, THE PEOPLE, HAVE TO DISPOSE THE TRASH THE PROPER WAY! Otherwise this problem will never stop!
Here are pictures about the effort of CFI trying to get a handle on the situation:
V503a. This is a Google Earth map that shows the locations where the pictures were shot; it is north shore, Bottomside on Corregidor Island.
V504. CFI manages their trash in a proper way and even recycle it. This is the sign to the Corregidor recycle site on Corregidor Island. It is located on Middleside near Battery Ramsey. I have seen boat loads to recycled trash leave the island.
V505. The Corregidor Foundation has several signs on the island to help making the people aware of the trash problem. This sign is near the Lorcha Dock were Gen MacArthur departed Corregidor in March 1942 on direct orders of the president. This is also the place where the tourists stop to look at Gen MacArthur’s stature.
V506. On my visit on the 17th and 18th of Dec 2016 I seen this large group of people cleaning up this mess. It is trash that the strong NE wind picks up from the breaking swells and blows it on the land; ALL AROUND THE ISLAND, NOT JUST HERE. This area is between the North Mine Dock and the Lorcha Dock, in the area where the tourists get there firsts glimpse of this historical island. I do not know how many days it took to clean this up. Look at all the bags that are filled already and that fence does not catch it all. There is trash that blows over the barrier fence. They really done a good job but it will not be long and the trash has returned. There are no resources to take care of all the other beaches and shores.
That was the trash ashore but here is the problem in the water, here are some pictures of the trash as I seen it on that visit, 2016-12-17th and 18th. These pictures are from the north shore of Bottomside that is where most visitors step ashore. But the trash is bad all around the island and in the future I will present other images to show how bad the trash situation is at other Corregidor shore line sections. I have been visiting Corregidor about 45+ times since 2004 and the trash has been bad every year. Even if you actually could clean it up, the next day the same amount of trash will be back!!!!!!!
V471. (161217a trash at Corregidor.02). Our Villa Carmen outrigger boat from Cabcaben, Bataan, arrives at the north shore on Bottomside at Corregidor Island. The North West winds drive the Manila Bay trash onto the north beaches of Corregidor with a vengeance.
V472. (161217a trash at Corregidor.04). People visit Corregidor not only with the ferry from Manila, many come from Bataan by boat, cheaper and time saving. They are called Walk-ins, they are many.
V473. (161217a trash at Corregidor.05). Welcome to Corregidor, this is outrageous (this unbelievable trash) this is the view thousands of visitors take home from this visit to this historical place. From this Rock, the Philippines were surrendered to a vicious aggressor May 6th 1942.
V474. (161217a trash at Corregidor.07). Our partner, the USMC Attaché arrived via the ferry from Manila, the ferry had to maneuver very careful because a piece of lumber was floating vertical in the water and the ferry skipper did not want to foul or damage his screws.
All the trash comes from the communities around Manila Bay and ends up on the shores of Corregidor. It is very bad; it is a horrendous ugly and unhealthy situation.
Thousands of tourists visit Corregidor every year including from many foreign lands; what will be their impression? Corregidor was hailed as the Gibraltar of the Pacific; it played a vital and dramatic role in WWII 1942 and 1945. It houses now the Pacific War Memorial.
This is not the fault of CFI (Corregidor Foundation Inc.), manager of the island and war memorial. The leaders and people of CFI are not to blame; the trash comes from the people all around Manila Bay. Now, with the NE winds it is even a bigger problem.
Every day the CFI Management with their limited resources is trying to pick up the trash that the strong winds pick up from the pitching swells and blow it onto land. The trash that is blown on land is a truck full every so many days. Later, pictures will show the unbelievable amount. And what can be done with the tons of trash in the water and on the rocks at the shoreline. Boat and craft propeller screws get fouled or damaged! There is no way it can be cleaned up, it is too much and it comes every day in an unbelievable amount.
SOCIETY, THE PEOPLE, HAVE TO DISPOSE THE TRASH THE PROPER WAY! Otherwise this problem will never stop!
Here are pictures about the effort of CFI trying to get a handle on the situation:
V503a. This is a Google Earth map that shows the locations where the pictures were shot; it is north shore, Bottomside on Corregidor Island.
V504. CFI manages their trash in a proper way and even recycle it. This is the sign to the Corregidor recycle site on Corregidor Island. It is located on Middleside near Battery Ramsey. I have seen boat loads to recycled trash leave the island.
V505. The Corregidor Foundation has several signs on the island to help making the people aware of the trash problem. This sign is near the Lorcha Dock were Gen MacArthur departed Corregidor in March 1942 on direct orders of the president. This is also the place where the tourists stop to look at Gen MacArthur’s stature.
V506. On my visit on the 17th and 18th of Dec 2016 I seen this large group of people cleaning up this mess. It is trash that the strong NE wind picks up from the breaking swells and blows it on the land; ALL AROUND THE ISLAND, NOT JUST HERE. This area is between the North Mine Dock and the Lorcha Dock, in the area where the tourists get there firsts glimpse of this historical island. I do not know how many days it took to clean this up. Look at all the bags that are filled already and that fence does not catch it all. There is trash that blows over the barrier fence. They really done a good job but it will not be long and the trash has returned. There are no resources to take care of all the other beaches and shores.
That was the trash ashore but here is the problem in the water, here are some pictures of the trash as I seen it on that visit, 2016-12-17th and 18th. These pictures are from the north shore of Bottomside that is where most visitors step ashore. But the trash is bad all around the island and in the future I will present other images to show how bad the trash situation is at other Corregidor shore line sections. I have been visiting Corregidor about 45+ times since 2004 and the trash has been bad every year. Even if you actually could clean it up, the next day the same amount of trash will be back!!!!!!!
V471. (161217a trash at Corregidor.02). Our Villa Carmen outrigger boat from Cabcaben, Bataan, arrives at the north shore on Bottomside at Corregidor Island. The North West winds drive the Manila Bay trash onto the north beaches of Corregidor with a vengeance.
V472. (161217a trash at Corregidor.04). People visit Corregidor not only with the ferry from Manila, many come from Bataan by boat, cheaper and time saving. They are called Walk-ins, they are many.
V473. (161217a trash at Corregidor.05). Welcome to Corregidor, this is outrageous (this unbelievable trash) this is the view thousands of visitors take home from this visit to this historical place. From this Rock, the Philippines were surrendered to a vicious aggressor May 6th 1942.
V474. (161217a trash at Corregidor.07). Our partner, the USMC Attaché arrived via the ferry from Manila, the ferry had to maneuver very careful because a piece of lumber was floating vertical in the water and the ferry skipper did not want to foul or damage his screws.