Beach litter now double.THE amount of litter on Britain's beaches has more than doubled in the last 15 years to reach record levels, the latest annual survey of the problem showed today. The Marine Conservation Society's Beachwatch 2008 survey recorded and removed some 385,659 items of rubbish including fishing nets, plastic bags, cigarette butts and cotton bud cotton bud Noun a small stick with cotton wool tips used for cleaning the ears, applying make-up, etc. cotton bud (Brit) cotton n → coton-tige ® m sticks from beaches across the UK. The average amount of rubbish found was 2,195 items per kilometre (0.6 miles) - more than two pieces for every metre (3.3ft) of beach, and more than double the 1,045 items per kilometre picked up during the first annual survey in 1994. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Marine Conservation Society, more than 170 species of wildlife including seabirds, turtles and whales have been known to mistake litter for food, which can lead to starvation starvation, condition in which deprivation of food has forced the body to feed on itself. Causes are famine, fasting, malnutrition, or abnormalities of the mucosal lining of the digestive system. , poisoning and fatal stomach blockages.. |
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