NGO works to collect waste and raise awareness

When Zhang Xin arrived in Shanghai from the inland province of Sichuan in 2017, he went to look at the ocean.

However, when he got to the city's southeastern shore, he was disappointed by the amount of litter on the breakwaters.

That memory prompted him to participate in a shoreline garbage monitoring and cleanup campaign on June 1 that was organized by Shanghai Rendu Ocean, an NGO that focuses on marine trash.