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Beach Guardians: Keep it Clean. Keep it Safe.

Did you know

• over half the litter found on our beaches is plastic – and a lot of it is crisp packets and plastic bottles?
• it can take 500 years for a plastic bag to decompose? 
•  40% of all the litter found on beaches has been dropped by beach visitors? 
•  Litter can hang around in the environment for years and years, harming – or even killing - wildlife such as seabirds, dolphins and seals. On average, there are about 2000 pieces of litter per kilometre on beaches.  And all this litter makes visiting the beach less enjoyable – or even dangerous – for people as well as wildlife. Click on the following links to find out more about:

  If you would like to be involved or would like further information about Beach Guardians, please contact beachguardians@morayfirth-partnership.org

But you can make a difference.
You can help make your local beach a cleaner, safer place – for wildlife, local people and tourists by becoming a Beach Guardian for your local beach – on your own or as part of a local group.

• the results of Beach Cleans and surveys
• how you can take part in a Beach clean or Adopt-Beach in your community
• getting your school involved in Beach Guardians, receive a schools pack or special workshop

• Special training events and activities

Funders of Beach Guardians include:

           

plus in-kind support from the Big Picture, Marine Conservation Society and Highland Council.

Join the Moray Firth Partnership’s Beach Guardians project and get involved in surveying and clearing litter from your local beach. It will make a big difference for wildlife and people visiting the beach, create links between local communities and public agencies involved in beaches – and also be great fun!