If you like using the beach
for sunbathing
boating
surfing
walking the dog
general leisure
you should start thinking about helping to maintain it.
At the moment we are fighting a losing battle against the pollution which is destroying the beach and its wildlife. Without the help of everyone who uses the beach, pretty soon our beaches will be too dirty to use.
So if you want to keep the beaches looking like this
Then keep reading!The beach user clean up scheme is an idea created by SAC (Sustainable Abersoch Cynaladwy).This group is made up of volunteers and was set up to try and tackle local environmental issues.Our aim is to try to keep the the beaches in North Wales clean! Marine litter is a big environmental, economic and aesthetic problem, it travels over long distances on ocean currents and winds and is deposited on the beach. Not only is litter an eyesore, spoiling the beauty of the sea and coastal zone and contaminating the beach, it has many other seen and unseen effects. The litter kills many forms of marine life, with suffocation,entanglement and starvation being the main threats.
Images such as the ones above are not nice to look at but they are common. The majority are also completely preventible! All we are asking is for a little of your time to help save the beaches so that everyone can enjoy them