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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.

  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.

  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!

   

   

  Click on the following links to find out more about:

  •  the results of recent 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.

   

   

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

   

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 Funders of Beach Guardians include:

           

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