Campervan Man Dan Invites you to a Beach Clean at Westward Ho!
By Bideford_ppl | Thursday, November 24, 2011, 07:56
A new beach clean has been announced on The Beach Clean Network in your
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Martin Dorey
area. We hope you'll be able to attend and help to make it a success.
The details are as follows:
Area: North Devon
Beach: Westward Ho!
Date: 26/11/2011
Time: 11.00am - 1.00 pm
Organiser: Martin Dorey
For more details please click on the following link: http://www.beachclean.net/members/volunteering-to-beach-clean/clean-up-details/a/cleanup/46/
Of course, please don't forget that you can get help organising your own beach cleans and can post your own beach cleans at www.beachclean.net.
Regards
Martin and the Beach Clean Network Team
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Update from Surfers Against Sewage via http://tinyurl.com/42d6mm
SAS & The Crown Estate were delighted to welcome over 220 beach clean volunteers to the North Devon Beach Clean Series, who together removed over 650kgs of marine litter from this amazing stretch of the UK's coastline. Taking place over two weekends in November, SAS visited five very different beaches from the surfer friendly expanse of Saunton, where we were joined by an amazing 105 volunteers, to the isolated beauty of Woody Bay. As ever, we were overwhelmed and inspired by the commitment and enthusiasm of our volunteers who are helping Surfers Against Sewage turn the tide on marine litter.
The amount of marine litter found on UK beaches has more than doubled in the last 15 years. In a recent survey, 63.5% of litter found on UK beaches was made of plastic, which can take hundreds of years to break down and can be lethal to marine wildlife. With 80% of this debris arriving from land-based sources, including the general public, the power is in our hands to make a positive difference to stop the growing problem of marine litter. Beach cleans are a great way to remove marine litter, inspire community action and ensure the beach is a clean and safe place for all to enjoy.
WESTWARD HO!
The final weekend had more than a touch of winter to it, however that did not stop over 60 hardy beach lovers from joining us in removing over 180kgs of marine litter from three very different but equally important North Devon beaches.
Westward Ho! 26.11.11: The SAS tent blew down but the 30+ knot onshore winds didn't deter 37 volunteers of all ages and backgrounds helping us to remove 91kgs of marine litter. The Weirdfish competition was won by the sea weathered section of a Litterbin. The discovery of a dead seabird (over 1 million seabirds die each year from the ingestion of and entanglement in marine plastic litter) with plastic fishing line inside it's body cavity placed some perspective on the day.
For more information on the Autumn Beach clean series and SAS Beach Cleans in general please contact dom@sas.org.uk or SAS HQ on 01872 553 001.
By Susanya at 19:37 on 06/12/11
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