Litter pickers gather on Victoria Road Beach in Formby to help stop litter reaching the ocean.
More than 70 volunteers have gathered to clean up the coastline as part of an initiative to stop litter reaching the ocean.
The volunteers united on Victoria Road Beach in Formby, Merseyside, to take part in the national project. Marine Conservation Society, who organised the event, said about five tonnes of rubbish had been taken off the beach over the last decade.Emma Young, who was part of the team who gathered over the weekend, said: "Just look at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch [marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean] - it's quite a big problem.Another volunteer Sarah Hooper said: "It's such a big issue with the amount of plastic on the beach and just in our environment in general.
As part of the initiative, volunteers record all items found on the beach, which is used to track down the source of the litter and enable the charity to campaign for change."The amount of plastic we are finding is getting bigger and it is a sad sign of the times," he said. "The amount of small plastics you find on the beach gives you a rough idea of what's out in the ocean and you see what's coming in on every tide."
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