Saving the beach handfuls of sand at a time / Klara Iskra Añonuevo

With so many beaches in the Philippines, our shores attract a large amount of local and foreign visitors. While this may provide a much-needed economic boost, the influx of tourists is also a threat to the beaches themselves as, along with rapid commercialism, each beachgoer contributes to the gradual erosion of the sand with 170 grams of sand a day. Lagu, the first beach-friendly beach blanket helps preserve the beach by repelling sand, so instead of clinging to sarongs and towels and eventually being washed away in drainages and laundry machines, the sand stays where it needs to be-on the ocean.

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