According to latest research Britain’s beaches have record levels of litter. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) carried out the research and discovered that there were an average of 2,195 pieces of litter per kilometre in 2008 compared to 2,054 the year before. The MCS first carried out research in 2004 and since then the volume of litter recorded on the UK beaches has increased by over 110 percent. The recorded litter consisted of plastic, polystyrene, fishing nets and cotton buds. However in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales average litter levels decreased in 2008. Emma Snowden, MCS Litter Projects Coordinator comments, “This is a man made problem. Every piece of litter has an owner and we all need to take responsibility to not drop litter in the first place.” The MCS aims to halve the litter on Britain’s beaches by 2015.
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I spent a bit of time on the beaches at Blackpool and Lytham at the weekend. In fact, I went running on the beach at Lytham and covered around 12 miles of it. Hardly saw any litter at all.
Paul