Great British Beach Clean

This week is the Great British Beach Clean!

It’s an event where people from across the UK come together to tidy up their local beaches. There are hundreds of beach cleans taking place over the week, so it’s worth checking if there’s one happening in your local area.

The week also presents an opportunity to record the levels of litter found on UK beaches.

Thanks to the hard work of volunteers all across the UK and Channel Islands, 2024 Great British Beach Clean was a smashing success!

We were delighted to see even more of you join us at the beach this year, with 5,845 volunteers taking part in 476 events to help clean up and survey our coastline.

A whopping 249,823 litter items were collected, weighing 6,048kg and filling 1,675 bags! By removing this litter, our volunteers helped prevent it from entering our ocean and harming our marine life.

It’s easy to get involved. Simply find a beach clean near you or organise your own. We’ve got lots of guides and resources available to help you get set up.

Beach cleans are fun for all the family (including dogs!), and the data collected helps us to campaign for positive change for the ocean.

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Find out more here: Great British Beach Clean | What you can do | Marine Conservation Society (mcsuk.org)