Beach Litter

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Beach Litter
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Beach Litter

• What do we find on our beaches?
• What harm does it do?
• Where does it come from?

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What do we find?
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What harm does litter do?

• It doesnt look very nice
• It can be poisonous
• You can cut your feet on it
• Animals like turtles try to eat it and die
• Animals like seals get tangled in it and die

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What harm does litter do?
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Where does litter come from?

• People!
• Ashore
• Afloat

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Where does litter come from?

• The Marine Conservation Society runs a survey of
  beach litter every year.
• The four main sources of beach litter are from
  the public, fishing, sewage and shipping

Source Marine Conservation Society Beachwatch
Survey 2009
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Where does litter come from?

• Public litter 41.5 - 768 items per km
• Includes crisp and sweet packets, fast food
  packaging and cigarette stubs, left behind by
  careless coastal visitors, or dropped inland and
  carried by rivers and winds to the coast.

Source Marine Conservation Society Beachwatch
Survey 2009
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Where does litter come from?

• Fishing litter 15.1 - 279 items per km
• Includes discarded or lost angling and commercial
  items such as fishing nets, fishing line, ropes,
  weights/hooks and buoys. Some items of public
  litter may have come from fishing boats.

Source Marine Conservation Society Beachwatch
Survey 2009
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Where does litter come from?

• Sewage Related Debris 5.4 - 101 items per km
• Includes sanitary items flushed down the toilet
  like cotton bud sticks.

Source Marine Conservation Society Beachwatch
Survey 2009
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Where does litter come from?

• Shipping litter - 2 - 37 items per km
• Includes items such as pallets, strapping bands
  and oil drums. Some items of public litter may
  have come from ships.

Source Marine Conservation Society Beachwatch
Survey 2009
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Ships

• Ships are not the worst polluters.
• They are more than dots on the horizon.
• They carry more than 90 of the stuff you buy.
• They carry stuff that would otherwise go by road.
• What sorts of ships are there, and what do they
  do?

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Ships

• Some ships carry cargo

• Some tankers carry crude oil lots of it!

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Ships

• Some ships carry cargo

• Some tankers carry refined oil

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Ships

• Some ships carry cargo

• Some tankers carry refined oil to the fuel tanks
  in Plymouth, reducing road haulage, and keeping
  local petrol prices low

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Ships

• Some ships carry cargo

• Container ships carry fridges, TVs, footballs,
  food, shoes and lots more besides

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Ships

• Some ships carry cargo

• And some container ships are smaller than others

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Ships

• Some ships carry cargo

• This one carries bulk cargo like grain or
  fertiliser

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Ships

• Some ships carry cargo

• Car transporters carry cars really!

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Ships

• Some ships carry people
• Small ferries

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Ships

• Some ships carry people
• Large ferries

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Ships

• Some ships carry people
• Small cruise ships

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Ships

• Some ships carry people
• Huge cruise ships

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Ships

• Some ships do special things
• Jack-up barges

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Ships

• Some ships do special things
• Tugs

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Ships

• Some ships do special things
• Dredgers

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Ships

• Some ships do special things
• Hovercraft

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Ships

• Some ships do special things
• Lifeboats

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Ships

• Some ships do special things
• Looking after
• buoys

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Ships

• Some ships do special things
• Warships

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Ships

• Some ships do special things
• Research ships

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Ships

• Fishing vessels, small

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Ships

• Fishing vessels, medium

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Ships

• Fishing vessels, large

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Ships

• Sailing yachts

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Ships

• Motor yachts

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Where does litter come from?

• After it gets into the sea it is driven by
• Ocean currents
• Tidal streams
• Wind

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And some of it lands at Wembury

• (picture from GoogleEarth)

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How did these get to Wembury?

• Balloon

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How did these get to Wembury?

• Rope

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How did these get to Wembury?

• Oil drum

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How did these get to Wembury?

• Radar aerial

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Can you tell their stories?

• Narrative
• Newspaper article
• Cartoon strip
• Play
• Song

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