Goa is a tiny state in Wastern India. There are areas that need more attention when cleanups are being organized.

1. Cleaning
up the
mess!
A plan to keep Goa’s lesser known beaches & Islands clean

2. Goa’s 104 Kms of
Coastline & Islands
are fragile and need
protection

3. Affected Islands & Beaches in Goa
Islands
• St. George Island
• Grande Island
• Pequeno (Bat) Island
• Conco Island
Beaches (sometimes sold as island trips)
• Monkey Beach
• Sada Beach (Near Japanese Garden)
• Nunem Beach (Near Cananguinim)
• Kakolem Beach (North of Khola)
• Khola North Beach
• Khola South Beach
• Honeymoon Beach (South of Agonda)
• Butterfly Beach (North of Palolem)
• Unnamed Beach with sea caves
• Loliem Beach

4. • Boats Depart from Sinquerim, Nerul, Miramar, Baina, Colva & Palolem.
• Excess boat population leads to overcrowding of sites.
• Estimated 500 tourist boats operate in Goa daily.

5. • Tourist pressure and low profit margins keep competition high.
• Multiple agencies make enforcement & policing tough. (Captain
of Ports, River Navigation, Goa Tourism, Goa Coastal Police,
Coast Guard, Navy)
• Environment gets the last priority

6. Monkey Beach: Some beaches are small by beautiful

7. St. George’s Island: Islands are also desolate & beautiful

8. Grande Island: Islands are also desolate & beautiful

9. St. George’s Island: Islands are also desolate & beautiful

10. We found that Tuborg was the most common glass bottle found….
Beauty marred by careless visitors….
… probably because it has no refund and has a easy pop top cap.

11. Debris floating from the sea, and nearby beach shacks often gets stuck in the rocks

12. Tides wash in marine debris, but picnickers also leave behind burn piles and garbage.

13. Beach cleanup’s are necessary, but not the only solution.

14. Volunteers and trained staff undertake a cleanup.
This can take half a day in the direct sun.
Island’s are reached by a chartered boat, while most beaches have a walking trail to it.

15. Circles drawn in the sand help segregate collected waste at source.

16. Trash piles are identified, the larger ones first…

17. Trash is often stuck in the rocks, buried over time , burnt or simply piled up in a heap.

18. Volunteers clean up, sort, segregate and bag all the collected waste.
It’s not an easy job.

19. A volunteer counts the number of diapers and sanitary pads found.

20. All trash is sorted, counted and bagged, before the tide comes in.

21. These bags are then tied, and weighed for record keeping.

22. After a group picture, volunteers carry away the waste out.
It takes a number of trips in the hot sun until the last bag is picked out.
Picked waste is sent to a recycling unit to ensure it’s safe disposal.

23. Item Category 6th May – St.
George’s
Island
17th May –
Monkey Beach
18th May –
Grande Island
Total Waste
Cleared
Plastic Packaging 600 Nos 1300 Nos 900 Nos.
Rubber 75 Nos 100 Nos 50 Nos
Metal & Glass 165 Nos 500 Nos 1000 Nos
Paper & Cardboard 100 Nos 100 Nos 200 Nos
Hard Plastic 100 Nos 50 Nos 200 Nos
PET Bottles 120 Nos 200 Nos 400 Nos
Sanitary Waste 20 Nos 71 Nos 40 Nos
Total Waste in Kgs 501 kg 1250 kg 1420 kg 3171 kg
Just 3 beach cleanups in 2018 removed 3.17 tonnes of waste !

24. Possible quick solutions to the
problem…
• Existing beach cleaning contractor's scope of work
should cover all beaches and islands in Goa.
• Local citizens & boat operators must take back waste at
picnic sites.
• Boat Operators need to install bins in every boat.
• Existing ‘alcohol on boats’ ban must be enforced.
• Jurisdiction & policing of islands must be assigned to a
single party.

25. Possible long term solutions
to the problem…
• All boat jetties should have a waste Swatchata Kendra.
• Drop off points should incentivize boat operators to
bring back waste.
• Glass bottles need to be banned on beaches.
• Single use plastics should be phased out within a
timeframe.
• Product manufacturers must provide CSR & EPR funding
to clean up and Swatchata Kendras.

26. Thank you. We hope you will act on
this with priority.
This presentation was
made possible thanks to a
number of local as well as
visitor volunteers.
Special Thanks to: Rahul Chandawalkar, Venkat Charloo, Sanjit Rodrigues, Saritha Subramaniam, Emma Bryant & Clinton Vaz +91 9890936828 klintvaz@gmail.com