Coastline clean-up collects 700 pieces of litter
A winter litter pick on Great Yarmouth beach saw volunteers collecting 700 pieces of rubbish - that’s the equivalent of one crisp bag or cigarette butt every 15 steps.
The team, from UK Power Networks, the country’s largest electricity distributor, covered a stretch of beach 200m long by 40m wide between Wellington Pier and the jetty. They filled ten bags of rubbish and their haul included large pieces of roofing felt and scrap metal. Nearly 90% of what they picked up was plastic.
The volunteers used their Donate a Day which gives the company’s 6,000 staff two paid days each year to volunteer in their local communities.
Organiser Graham Mace, who is based at the company’s Bury St Edmunds office, said: “It was a fantastic day and a great effort by the team. They really got a sense of pride in helping to preserve the cleanliness of the beaches and prevent plastics from going into and polluting the oceans. It’s definitely something we will be doing again, but prevention is better than cure and we would prefer it if people took their litter to deposit in the bins along the promenade or home with them and dispose of properly there.”
Graham said amongst the litter that was gathered into the rubbish bags were, 267 cigarette butts and 208 small items that included salt, pepper and vinegar sachets along with lolly sticks.
After the rubbish bags were disposed of in Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s waste contractor’s compound, the team enjoyed a well-deserved meal of fish and chips.
The team, from UK Power Networks, the country’s largest electricity distributor, covered a stretch of beach 200m long by 40m wide between Wellington Pier and the jetty. They filled ten bags of rubbish and their haul included large pieces of roofing felt and scrap metal. Nearly 90% of what they picked up was plastic.
The volunteers used their Donate a Day which gives the company’s 6,000 staff two paid days each year to volunteer in their local communities.
Organiser Graham Mace, who is based at the company’s Bury St Edmunds office, said: “It was a fantastic day and a great effort by the team. They really got a sense of pride in helping to preserve the cleanliness of the beaches and prevent plastics from going into and polluting the oceans. It’s definitely something we will be doing again, but prevention is better than cure and we would prefer it if people took their litter to deposit in the bins along the promenade or home with them and dispose of properly there.”
Graham said amongst the litter that was gathered into the rubbish bags were, 267 cigarette butts and 208 small items that included salt, pepper and vinegar sachets along with lolly sticks.
After the rubbish bags were disposed of in Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s waste contractor’s compound, the team enjoyed a well-deserved meal of fish and chips.
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