Author: Lucy Purdy / Source: Positive News
The 2018 Great British Beach Clean expects a bumper year after the Blue Planet television series prompted a surge of interest in ocean plastic pollution
The organisers of the annual Great British Beach Clean say they expect to see record numbers of volunteers at more beaches than ever before at this weekend’s UK-wide event.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has been running the four-day beach cleaning event for the last 24 years.In 2017, 6,944 volunteers attended beach cleans at 339 locations across the UK, from the north of Scotland to Cornwall, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. But 7,391 volunteers have pre-registered at 432 cleans.
The BBC’s Blue Planet II effect means that more and more people have been keen to clean beaches
Lizzie Prior, MCS…
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