“I agree a fine bunch of people doing a great job. What I don`t agree with is paying extortionate water rates which are supposed to include keeping our beaches clean.”

“Well done to these people they are a fantastic lot, But surely the standard of our beaches are the South west water authorities responsibility god knows we pay enough. I have rang to complain about the size of my water bills and I have been given the same answer for the last 5 years " we have to maintain the pipe works and beaches"”

“These beach cleans are not just run with the aim of removing the rubbish on the day. We record what we find for analysis by the MCS to enable them to target their litter campaigns at the right area (whether this is beach visitors, shipping, fishing or sewage works). In running the beach cleans we also aim to educate the public about the consequences of beach litter - it's not just unsightly; it's bad for the environment and it is potentially dangerous to both marine life and beach visitors, especially children. A lot of people just don't think about where their litter may end up when they drop it or leave it behind, so events like this are really important in raising public awareness of beach litter problems. I agree it would be brilliant if people never dropped litter and that there were penalties for doing so, but at least in the meantime we are
doing our bit to improve the situation. On previous beach cleans we have had up to 500
volunteers help out, so it does help to make an impact an get the message out there.”

“While I commend these people surely some effort should be made to deter idiots from spoiling the countryside for everyone by their laziness. Give them a reallt hefty fine and publicise it so that others who think it's OK to just throw away a crisp packet anywhere would think again.”

“Huge thanks to Chris Manley for organising and running the cleanup, especially given that the weather wasn't fantastic! And a big thanks to all the volunteers who still turned up to help out.”