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60 plastic spoons 30 paper cups 40 paper plates 3 masks Looks like a random shopping list, doesn't it? It is the approximate number and kind of litter that I found in Elliot's Beach at Besant Nagar in Chennai during a recent beach clean up drive. On talking with the regular beach cleaning workers, I was devastated to find out that this is the kind of state they find the beach in ,every Sunday and Monday morning, after the weekend rush. Imagine their situation ,waking up in the morning to go clean up heaps of garbage, all thrown here and there by people without even giving a thought to how badly it will affect the environment. And yet, as I saw them clean up all the litter , they did so with a pleasant smile on their face, probably because of having us ,volunteers, by their sides. However, why is there a need for beach clean up drives like these to be organized to keep our beaches clean? Isn't it a collective responsibility of ours as a society to keep not only our beaches, ...