5 times the sea returned humans their garbage

People eagerly look forward to the monsoon season for the cool temperature, the relief from the heat wave, the romantic mood, and the hot chocolate. 
But the monsoon also brings a special return gift for those who stay near the coastline: the limitless garbage.

Here are 7 instances where the sea returned the trash to humans

1. Mumbai's Mahim Beach in 2021:

As Mumbai struggled to stop its cars and shops from drowning, there was another turmoil to handle. As usual, the orange alert meant that the sea tides brought with them loads of trash and deposited them on Mumbai's beach. The beach which is decently clean had been dowsed with plastic waste. 

#Beaches in #Mumbai now Open.

Citizens throng Mahim beach to have a look at the #ReturnGift from ArabianSea..#PlasticPollution#MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/1JUmIpWof2

— मुंबई Matters™✳️ (@mumbaimatterz) July 16, 2022

The contrasting difference is striking: 

That difference is a product of Amazing work done by @mahimbeach
Maintaining it would require more support to keep up #mahimbeachcleanup initiative. They are at the beach every weekend 8-10am. Do join in tweeps😊🙏🙏🙏 (RT appreciated) pic.twitter.com/UrmtjDkzdz

— Aditya Tare (@adu97) September 16, 2018

2. Cyclone Tauktae, Mumbai 

When states like Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra which are situated along the Arabian Sea, battled with Cyclone Tauktae in 2021, Mumbaikars were especially quick to notice how swiftly the sea threw back all its trash. 

#CycloneTauktae sends it's regards.. pic.twitter.com/yBc9tm6RVX

— BeardedDragon (@yashasva) May 17, 2021

3. Marina Beach, Chennai 

Chennai can proudly boast of being home to India's longest beach and the world's second-largest beach - the Marina beach. But one thing it cannot be proud of is the level of pollution that the Bay of Bengal throws on its seashores. In 2019, Marina Beach was covered in white toxic foam because of untreated sewage that was discharged into water bodies.

In 2020, workers removed about 15 tonnes of garbage from Marina beach a day after the Pongal celebrations. 

4. Marine Drive, Mumbai 

Probably one of the worst hit cities that sees ample return gifts during the monsoon, Mumbai's Marine Drive is a long stretch of road that runs parallel to the coast. Since it overlooks the Arabian Sea, Mumbai's corporation officials have a special team that looks after cleaning this area.  

Heavy rains have been lashing Mumbai as the peak of the monsoon season hits the city. This gave the Arabian Sea an opportunity to hit the 'Return to sender' button and throw back all the trash we dumped in her.#MumbaiMonsoon pic.twitter.com/C8xPrLHNsW

— Zachary Borthwick (@thezedbee) August 7, 2020

A Necklace of garbage ! return gift to Mumbaikars from the sea ! @poonam_mahajan @bjym @mybmc @AfrozShah1 @AUThackeray pic.twitter.com/Hdcbb4gVld

— Deepak J Thakur 🌷 (@Deepakthakur_1) August 7, 2019

Revenge of the Sea during Monsoon....

You keep throwing garbage into the Sea.

So NOW it is garbage in , garbage out!

The Sea returns you all the garbage you threw into it. pic.twitter.com/RSDFr3eMGe

— Shivendra K Sinha (@ShivendraKSinh1) July 16, 2018

Sea returns garbage to human poluters! Karma 🍀🥵 pic.twitter.com/0H7IFocjb9

— Fredrik Daland 🇺🇦❤️ (@FredLegend) August 26, 2021

5. Bali beaches, Indonesia 

Indonesia is one of the world's top plastic polluters in the world. Its rivers are usually flooded with plastic waste which creates polluted oceans. Along with this, a lot of the western waste is also sent here, thus creating a scary plastic scenario.

Thousands - if not, millions - of plastic bottles and rubbish overran this river in Indonesia. Something must be done to overcome the world's plastic pollution 💔🌎 pic.twitter.com/0777yUsCUt

— LADbible (@ladbible) May 14, 2019

Bali beaches. 😥😥
Indonesia 🇮🇩 has defined plastic pollution as major economic and ecological threat to the nation!

pic.twitter.com/LjBsmFCLoE

— Erik Solheim (@ErikSolheim) September 29, 2021

In fact, the country saw an initiative in 2020 where a man dressed up as Spiderman to clean the river's plastic wastes in his hometown. 

Let's take this as a lesson and be mindful, switch to alternatives, and save our beautiful homes when we can.