A new campaign urging beach-goers to leave nothing but footprints behind this summer has been launched.
With hundreds of people planning “staycations” and day trips to the seaside in the warmer months ahead, global charity Ocean Conservation Trust and Plymouth Gin have timely released a video to highlight the importance of a healthy ocean.
As part of their campaign to protect the coast, those visiting beaches across the country are urged to pick up five pieces of litter when they leave.
Scousburgh Sands, also known as Spiggie Beach, in Shetland’s South Mainland. Image: Shutterstock / Eleanor Scriven
It comes after new research revealed that 71% of the British population is expected to take a long-awaited break at the seaside with three in four people saying the beach “makes them happy”.
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