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Rubbish! Beaches strewn with litter following July heatwave

Residents of a seaside town have hit out at ‘selfish’ sun-seekers who left behind waste to be picked apart by seagulls.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2019-07-28 21:18
in Environment
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Some of Britain’s beaches have been left strewn with rubbish and plastic after the July heatwave saw thousands head to the coast.

Residents of a seaside town hit out at “selfish” sun-seekers who left behind waste to be picked apart by seagulls.

Sharon Lang, who owns Peter’s Fish Factory in Margate with husband Peter, was shocked to find plastic bottles all over the beach following the hot spell.

She said: “It really upsets me due to the pollution in the sea already, plus it angers me that people just don’t care. It’s so selfish.

This is disgusting .. We welcome everyone to this town but why can't people pick up their rubbish!! The beach is a disgrace this morning .. #Margate .. pic.twitter.com/Tvb6bZScTW

— Peter's Fish Factory (@PetersMargate) July 26, 2019

“Watching all the seagulls picking at the mess, I hate to think what their stomachs contain.

“I was raised to not litter and I’ve raised my children the same. My 10-year-old daughter came home on Tuesday with a bag of litter that she had collected on the way home, just because she said she felt sorry for mice and foxes looking for food.”

Georgina Roberton, the owner of Peony Vintage, also in Margate, said: “There were dirty nappies, beer cans and bottles, tonnes of plastic straws and bottles, a knife, and opened saucy takeaway food just left out for seagulls.

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STOP RUINING OUR #MARGATE #BEACH WITH YOUR #PLASTIC AND RUBBISH! If you visit this beach, nobody collects this waste after you and it gets swept in the sea. Don’t bother visiting if you’re going to treat our beach this badly. pic.twitter.com/EGR9yesKpE

— Peony Vintage – Georgina Roberton (@peony_vintage) July 25, 2019

“The bins were completely full and overflowing so some people had filled bags and piled them high on the sands but they should just have been taken to the bins.

“It was just sad to see the beach littered and left for the sea to carry it away.”

Pic shows boy surrounded by rubbish strewn on beach on hottest day of year click here

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