Ten years ago ... More than 1,000 pieces of litter collected in Gibraltar beach clean
More than 1,000 pieces of litter were removed from the beach – 604 of which were made of plastic, including 229 carrier bags.
Food packaging from Holland, wire cutters and bed sheets were also found on the beach.
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Hide AdArmed with gloves, bin bags and litter pickers, volunteers recorded the different types of litter found.
Liz Worthington, assistant education officer with Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, said: “On our beach and the reserve as a whole, there isn’t a huge problem with people dropping litter.
“It is actually quite a clean site and the majority of the litter that we find on the beach is washed in with the tide.”