When the local scrap dealer is the chief guest at the beach clean-up

At the centre of the congregating space was a sand artwork featuring a heap of undulating sand, simulating waves; turtles waddling around; and a tricycle with discards, small-sized real recyclables lodged in its sandy carrier body. The work of art was titled “Circular Coastal Clean-Up”, the words indented into the sandy artwork. A pop up scrap shop with shamiana for roof stood near by. Siddharth says Circular Coastal Clean-ups are the need of the hour because of the proportion of these clean-ups. He estimates that “on an average 200,000 beach-ups happen every year on the Indian coast”.