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Marine debris Galleries

World Ocean Day beach clean-up - June 8, 2007 : Marine debris and particularly floating plastic is a major hazhard for wildlife. Seabirds, turtles and marine mammals may ingest plastic, which may cause their death. Discarded plastic erodes to microscopic particles, which can enter the human food chain. Some plastic softeners may mimic endocrine hormones which impact reproduction.

World Ocean Day beach clean-up - June 8, 2007

Champ Rouget, Chouet beach clean - 17 February 2008 : Guernsey Climate Action Network (G-CAN) members collected marine debris and litter along a 75 yard stretch of standline on the shore at Champ Rouget on Guernsey's north-west coast. G-CAN members have decided to clean this beach regularly and record the type and amount of litter that accumulates on it.

Champ Rouget, Chouet beach clean - 17 February 2008

Champ Rouget, Chouet beach clean up - April 27 2008 : Marine debris washes up on the Guernsey shore regularly. Much of it is from shipping including fishing boats. Storms bring up smashed up lobster pots. When beach cleaning we always find the odd shoe, cigarette lighters, fishing twine and line, pieces of styrofoam and insulation foam, plastic bags and plastic bottles, and thousands of pieces of hard plastic including disposable plastic cutlery, plastic bottle tops and plastic toys.

Champ Rouget, Chouet beach clean up - April 27 2008

La Valette bathing pools : Litter left on the shore at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast.

La Valette bathing pools