UK beach litter rises by a third, report finds
by Rebecca Smithers from Environment | The Guardian on (#180BF)
Thousands of plastic bottles clogging up seaside locations, along with cans, glass and crisp packets, with 3,298 pieces picked up for every kilometre cleaned
The amount of rubbish found dumped on UK beaches rose by a third last year, according to a new report.
More than 8,000 plastic bottles were collected by the Marine Conservation Society's annual beach clean-up at seaside locations from Orkney to the Channel Islands on one weekend last September.
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