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In case it's news to anyone, public littering has its hazards.

Smithtown beaches will get trash collection sites designed by brothers from Westhampton who started their company to improve water quality in LI bays.

LongIsland.com Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai is the latest to install a beach clean-up station to encourage conservation. Photo: Town of Brookhaven. Here is a frightening fact: Beach trash that travels into the ocean kills more than one million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and turtles each year through ingestion and entanglement, according to Relic, a Long island apparel company that sells sustainable clothing and has a mission to help preserve the environment.   One project that Relic helps to promote is the installation of Beach Clean-Up Stations across the shoreline...

A group of environmentally minded designers is hoping to make cleaning up beach litter a little easier.

Cleanup stations installed at four Riverhead beaches A group of environmentally minded designers is hoping to make cleaning up beach litter a little easier. Several East End beaches now have cleanup stations stocked with baskets like those you’d expect to see at the supermarket. The idea is simple: As you head out onto the beach, grab a basket so you can easily pick up any trash you spot on your walk. On your way back, empty the trash into the garbage and return the basket to the rack. “The idea comes from that feeling of ‘I forgot to bring a garbage bag and I’m seeing ...