During the week of October 23-29, our partners Surfers Against Sewage thousands across the U.K. for the the 2017 SAS Autumn Beach Clean. The numbers will renew your ocean optimism:
1 WEEK
34,913 KGS OF MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION INTERCEPTED FROM U.K. COASTLINES
356 BEACH CLEANS
53,000 HOURS DONATED BY SAS AUTUMN BEACH CLEAN VOLUNTEERS
12, 367 VOLUNTEERS
11,450 SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BOTTLES REMOVED TO BE RECYCLED (E.G. INTO PARLEY OCEAN PLASTIC)
Congrats and thank you to the volunteers and advocates who defended their local coastlines and contributed to another record-breaking success.
Learn more about the impacts (& strangest cleanup finds) here
Photo credits: SAS | @surfersagainstsewage
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