"Coral Evans was walking along the beach in Brighton on Tuesday evening when she came across an unfamiliar sight. Hundreds of dust masks had washed up, along with single-use plastic gloves and cans of dried milk, she said. It was odd to see in winter because nothing surprises us in summertime with the amount of people on the beach. The Brighton resident returned the next day to find an even greater shock awaiting her: There were onions everywhere, hundreds of thousands of onions."
"Evans, who is the founding director of the Leave No Trace Brighton community group, said the beach was littered with countless miscellaneous items including single-use plastic coffee cup lids, unopened beer cans and vegetables such as sweet potatoes. The spectacle spurred her to post a call to arms on the group's social media platforms, urging others to get involved with a litter pick on the beach."
"Alongside the various objects, Evans said that she noticed huge portions of shipping containers washing ashore with segments of polystyrene insulation. She added that she was aware of an entire shipping container arriving ashore in Rottingdean, its insulation broken down and posing a risk to local marine life. East Sussex county council said on Thursday it was aware of various debris and the remains of shipping containers that had washed up along the region's coastline in the past week."
Coral Evans found hundreds of dust masks, single-use plastic gloves, cans of dried milk and thousands of onions washed ashore on Brighton beach after a Tuesday evening walk. The next day the beach was littered with hundreds of thousands of onions alongside coffee cup lids, unopened beer cans and vegetables such as sweet potatoes. Brighton and Hove city council collected 1.9 tonnes of waste from beaches on Thursday, nearly four times the usual amount for this time of year. Large sections of shipping containers and broken polystyrene insulation also arrived ashore, prompting East Sussex and district councils to arrange safe removal and disposal.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]