Litter group warns of beach dunes 'trashing'

A group of volunteer beach cleaners in Cornwall has warned of an increase in litter ahead of the summer months.

Fistral Beach Clean said it had removed seven bags of rubbish from the dunes on Sunday, following a joint effort with the Beach Guardian group.

The volunteers said cans, wrappers, broken bottles and disposable BBQs were some of the items cleared from the beach.

"With the warmer weather comes the trashing of the dunes," the group said on a social media post. "People mindlessly destroying the very thing they likely came to enjoy."

Giving an example of some of the items left on the beach, they added: "Wooden pallets are regularly used for bonfires. The nails left behind are not removed."

Fistral Beach Clean was set up in 2010 and says it meets on the last Saturday of each month "to litter pick through the dunes, the surrounding foot paths and, on the beach, where we also focus on removing micro plastics from the strand line".

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