UK beaches swamped by plastic litter, say campaigners

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UK beaches are being ruined by an ever-accumulating tide of plastic litter, the Marine Conservation Society says.

Volunteers at 400 beaches collected 1,849 items of litter per kilometre in the weekend of the MCS's 2009 survey and 63% of it was plastic, it said.

It said the amount of rubbish was 77% higher than in 1994 - its first annual survey - and the proportion of plastic volunteers found had never been higher.

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The MCS says plastic is unsightly and harmed marine animals.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8586920.stm

All of us born here probably have fond memories of trip to "the seaside" when we were children. Personally I think that really punitive charges should be brought in for dropping litter.