The Ocean is Our Home

May 17, 2025

Number of Participants: 57

Removed Waste: 1,289 kg

In response to World Environment Day’s theme — “Beat Plastic Pollution,” GIGABYTE organized a beach cleanup at the Zhuwai section of Xianghai Lake, a challenging gravel coastline. Volunteers covered 850 meters, collecting and sorting scattered waste under the hot sun. This hands-on effort not only helped restore the shoreline but also taught participating families and children the importance of reducing single-use products and minimizing waste at the source.

Sep 07, 2024

Number of Participants: 57

Removed Waste: 634 kg

Taoyuan’s Baiyu Beach is famous for its stunning coastline and is often referred to as a “mirror of the sky”. In comparison with nearby well-known beaches like Caota Dunes and Xucuogang Wetland, Baiyu Beach has fewer people coming to clean up, and marine waste has accumulated for some time. GIGABYTE’s volunteers visited Baiyu Beach for the second time in four years. Together with their families, volunteers cleaned up the beach to avoid more waste flowing into the ocean. The weather was very nice, as if it was also supporting our actions.

May 11, 2024

Number of Participants: 52

Removed Waste: 635 kg

The tail end of Pig Nose Beach is hard to reach and thus marine waste accumulating over there is not easy to clean. GIGABYTE calls on employees and their dependents to clean up this place to prevent garbage from flowing into the sea. That day we also found that the waste was much less than before, probably because other units had cleaned up the beach recently. GIGABYTE hopes to continue exerting a positive influence with these like-minded organizations. Also thanks to every participant as well as the local cleaner crews.

February 24, 2024

Number of Participants: 52

Removed Waste: 1,569 kg

According to the Taiwan EPA Coastal Clean-up Information Platform, this beach has not been cleaned up for three months. Styrofoam and fishing waste were spread all over the beach. After cleaning up the beach, we visited the Yong’an Conch Cultural Experience Park. The Park’s guide introduced us to the early fishing culture such as the Taiwanese Beach Seine and Stone Fish Weir, as well as the important role algae reefs play in protecting the coastal environment of Taoyuan.

November 11, 2023

Number of Participants: 49

Removed Waste: 770.5 kg

When GIGABYTE saw the amount of marine waste on the Dajue River North Shore in June, we decided to clean the beach again in the second half of 2023. We also visited the Yamaiji Umbrella Cultural and Creative Park as a follow-up to the beach cleanup. The park’s building has been recognized as a silver-level green building that adheres to the concepts of ecology, energy saving, carbon reduction, and health.

September 16, 2023

Number of Participants: 55

Removed Waste: 948.5 kg

September 16 is “World Cleanup Day”, which aims to call on citizens to clean up the environment, emphasizing taking real action on environmental issues. GIGABYTE, which has long been involved in environmental protection, also called on employees and their families to clean up the beach we adopted. After the beach cleanup, we went to the Guanyin Caolao Sand Dune Exhibition Hall to participate in a tour guide. It explained the surrounding environment, history, the humanities, ecology, and other local stories.

June 3, 2023

Number of Participants: 65

Removed Waste: 1,981.6 kg

The Caoluo Sand Dunes in Guanyin District, Taoyuan City, was once selected as one of the “Coastlines Worth Protecting in Taiwan”, and the north shore of Dajue River is located within the Guanyin Caoluo Sand Dunes. This is GIGABYTE holding a beach clean-up for the first time on the north shore of the Dajue River. Perhaps due to the remote location with low reachability, the beach was covered by a lot of garbage. Therefore, the quantity of garbage we cleared on that day broke a record high. After cleaning the beach, we went to the Taoyuan Carbon Life Museum, where we listened to the tour guide, participated in a handmade soap DIY course, and learned plant-related knowledge.

November 12, 2022

Number of Participants: 67

Removed Waste: 887.5 kg

GIGABYTE expects participants to become more aware of the importance of environmental protection by participating in actual protection initiatives. In this activity, some participants brought their children to clean the beach together. In this way, it helped spread the concept of “source reduction” and “proper disposal and recycling” to the younger generation.

August 28, 2021

Number of Participants: 52

Removed Waste: 895.8 kg

GIGABYTE held the first beach clean-up activity at the “Pig Nose Beach” after adopting the nearby coastline. GIGABYTE’s employees and our families and friends worked together and efficiently cleaned up the 500-meter-long beach within in a short time. We also helped remove 15 bags of waste that other groups had not taken away before. Protecting the ocean is responsibility of everyone, regardless of you and me.