Beach clean 16 October 2019 results

Here are the results from a Marine Conservation Society beach clean at Parton Bay hosted in conjunction with Y6 and Y5 pupils from St Bridget's school, Parton. 22kg of litter was collected in 8 bags of litter plus part of a wooden pallet. 344 pieces were collected in total over a 100 metre stretch of beach. Litter was categorised using the MCS survey sheet and uploaded to contribute to national data used for conservation purposes. Less litter was found at Parton than the national average (665 pieces per 100m in 2018). I made a word cloud to share with the kids after their efforts which shows proportionally the types of litter found. No surprise that plastic is the top material.