Important: Litter can be contaminated, so we have put together some information to help you handle it safely. Please click on this link to have a read through our Health and Safety Guidance before you go out litter-picking.
Important: Litter can be contaminated, so we have put together some information to help you handle it safely. Please click on this link to have a read through our Health and Safety Guidance before you go out litter-picking.
Marske Litter Action is working with Bydales School to carry out a beach litter survey and clean up over 3 days from 7th to 9th July. Young people from years 7, 8 and 9 will work with group volunteers to gather data which will be collated during maths lessons in the school, and will provide Marske Litter Action with useful information on the types and origins of litter on our beach. Many thanks to pupils and staff from Bydales school who carried out the litter survey on the beach. 3 different groups collected a total of 27 bags of litter from the High Street entrance to just past the flag pole at Cliff House. More importantly they gathered some interesting data about the items found. Top of the list were large plastic pieces (180 / 15%), closely followed by cotton bud sticks (174 / 14%) and sweet wrappers/crisp packets (148 / 12%).
The young people were surprised to find so much litter on the beach and shocked to find so many sanitary items (174 cotton bud sticks, 35 sanitary towels/tampon applicators, and 28 wet wipes) - they had no idea that this is where these items end up if they are flushed down the toilet. TOTAL % Polystyrene 41 3.44 Plastic Bottles 110 9.23 Plastic Caps and Lids 101 8.47 Sweet/wrappers/Crisp Packets 148 12.42 Cans 105 8.81 Glass Bottles 13 1.09 Glass Pieces 40 3.36 Cigarette Butts 36 3.02 Plastic Bags 83 6.96 Fishing Related 16 1.34 Shipping Related 17 1.43 Sewage related - Cotton Buds 174 14.60 Sewage related - Sanitary Items 35 2.94 Sewage related - Wetwipes 28 2.35 Plastic Pieces over 1cm 180 15.10 Plastic Pieces under 1cm 55 4.61 Other 10 0.84 Total 1192 100 Young people have also designed posters and logos for Marske Litter Action. We hope to display these in the library in the coming weeks..
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