Taking a swim in the waters around Singapore has become an absolute delight. Now that most of the travel industries and the Singapore Luxury Hotels have banned together to keep all the beach clean and have become a huge vigilant watchdog when it comes to illegal industrial dumping offshore, offshore oil drilling mishaps and treating farm runoff going into streams and then into the ocean. But, they aren’t the only reason for the cleaner beaches, the Ironman races have also created a demand for cleaner beaches. Every year the Ironman races as grown exponentially. Bringing with it more tourist. So, the more tourists the more the travel industries and hotels will spend on keeping the beaches trash, oil and waste free.

This does come at a cost, higher hotel taxes, but in the end, keeping Singapore beaches pristine is worth the cost. There is also much development near the beaches which do their best to keep the beaches clean, like the resort hotels but also the local community has a vested interest. Back in the early 80’s, most of Singapore’s beaches fell to the wayside due to it’s rapid growth. Even the air quality was suffering. Between 1977 and 1987, the Ministry of the Environment created a major program to clean up the streams, rivers and even sewer systems. They started controlling the discharge from industries and relocating pig farms, duck farms where there were facilities to handle animal waste. And for the offshore oil rigs in the Strait of Malacca, The Port of Singapore Authority acquired and maintained oil skimmers to clean up oil spills. They assigned both oil companies and Singapore’s Armed Forces to deal with all major oil spills.

All in all, Singapore’s government has done a fantastic job since the early 70’s to make it a safe healthy place to live. Much more can be done and has been thanks to the travel industries and hotel lobbyist. And all water sports enthusiasts have helped by creating a tourism need for clean beaches. But, as an individual, I was wondering how I could help. I once read that if I wanted to make an impact on my environment and the world’s environment to stop going to fast food restaurants. There’s so much of our world that’s consumed by these industries which aren’t necessary. So next time you take a swim bring a picnic basket from the food you prepared at home. Become apart of the clean-up of our only place to live, earth.

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