County beaches get a clean sweep <\/p>\n
11:23am Wednesday 14th May 2014 in News By Liz Jackson <\/p>\n
Megan Lowe, second right, with volunteer Elaine Griffiths, 1st Radipole Brownies and helpers <\/p>\n
IT was a clean sweep at the Great Dorset Beach Clean, as results showed 851 bags of rubbish were filled from just 25 beaches across Dorset. <\/p>\n
It represents an increase of 23 per cent from the 2013 Spring Beach clean, and 65 per cent more than in 2012. <\/p>\n
In Weymouth, 175 bags came from the seven mile stretch between Chesil Cove and Bowleaze Cove alone, amounting to more than a fifth of the total collected from Dorset beaches. <\/p>\n
Nearly 700 people participated in the event organised by Dorset County Councils coastal ranger team and families, individuals, community groups and local businesses worked together to clear beaches ready for the summer. <\/p>\n
Jenny Penney, coordinator of the Great Dorset Beach Clean, said the increase in rubbish could be down to recent weather. <\/p>\n
There has been an increase in storms from further out to sea, along with higher tides. <\/p>\n
We found a lot of rubbish pushed further up the beaches, and a lot of rubbish caught high up in bushes which could have been blown out to sea by bad weather. <\/p>\n
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