Thousands of people cleared plastic from beaches across the United Kingdom over the weekend. The Great British Beach Clean has been taking place at hundreds of beaches across the UK and in other countries. Click here to see the report.

Beachwatch is a national beach cleaning and litter surveying programme - helping people all around the UK to care for their coastline. Click here to find out more.

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