Volunteers tackle plastic waste

One of the biggest projects to tackle plastic pollution in the UK began on 15 May. In the first Million Mile Beach Clean, around 50,000 volunteers armed with buckets and litter pickers cleaned up beaches across the UK. The volunteers hoped to remove rubbish and litter from thousands of miles of coastline and areas of countryside in seven days. The Million Mile Beach Clean will continue throughout the year. The aim is for 100,000 volunteers each to walk 10 miles, cleaning places they love along the way. The campaign wants to address the “crisis” of plastic waste in the ocean that affects sea creatures and harms the environment. It is thought that at least eight million pieces of plastic are washed into the world’s oceans each day. These items can…

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