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This week, members of Irvine Clean Up Crew, who are committed to improving Irvine, carried out litter surveys to kick off this summer’s My Beach, Your Beach campaign from environmental charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful. Just 220 items of litter were recorded on 200m of the beach and prom at Irvine capturing a snapshot of the local beach litter problem prior to the official bathing season start date of 1 June. However, cigarette ends were identified as the most common item of litter left on the beach. Litter is a key indicator for the My Beach, Your Beach campaign, which encourages beach users to take better care of the sand and sea, supporting efforts to improve bathing water quality, and in turn benefitting the local environment.
THE dedicated volunteers of Irvine Clean Up Crew filled 27 bags of rubbish after bins were emptied along Irvine Beach on Sunday. The volunteers – led by Rachel Little, Tamara Millard, Alan Hughes and Sandra Cuthbertson – rolled up their sleeves and headed to the beach when they heard the bins had been emptied. One passer by, Catherine Bayliss said: “Well done to all who picked up litter on the beach, my friend and I were commenting how clean and tidy it looked.” This is just the latest effort by this band of litter pickers who are busy cleaning up Irvine, Kilwinning and beyond.