ITV Report 19 March 2015 at 5:19am Britain's beaches are becoming increasingly littered with wet wipes. Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Britain's beaches are becoming increasingly littered with wet wipes that people are flushing down the toilet, conservationists have warned.

The number of wet wipes found in the Marine Conservation Society's annual "Great British beach clean" increased by some 50% in a year as more people use them, the charity said.

The annual survey also revealed a 6.4% increase in overall beach litter between 2013 and 2014, prompting the charity to call on the Government to do more to tackle rubbish in the country's seas and on its beaches.

300

beaches around the UK were cleaned and surveyed.

2,457

bits of litter were collected for every kilometre of coastline cleaned.

2,309

The average bits of litter found in 2013.

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'50% rise' in wet wipes littering Britain's beaches