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Beach Guardians: Keep it Clean. Keep it Safe.
- 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
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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
Funders of Beach Guardians include:
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plus in-kind support from the Big Picture, Marine Conservation Society and Highland Council.