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DAILY MAIL JULY 17 2017

Waitrose donate £1million from 5p bag charges to fund clean-up of litter, bottles and cans on Britain's beaches.

* £500,000 will be given to Marine Conservation Society for beach clean-up

* Another £500,000 will be given to projects tackling plastic in the environment

* 5p bag charges have cut the amount given to customers by 70 per cent 

A million pounds from plastic bag charges will be used to support a major clean-up of litter, bottles and cans from Britain’s beaches, rivers and parks.

Some £500,000 will be used by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), while the other half will be spent cleaning up green areas.

The money comes from the 5p charge applied to bags sold by Waitrose. The introduction of the charge has cut the number of bags given away at major retailers’ tills by more than 70 per cent.

At the same time, the millions of pounds raised through the charge has been a lifeline for charities and good causes dealing with everything from litter to cancer care and education.

The Daily Mail campaigned for the introduction of the 5p charge under its ‘Banish the Bags’ initiative, supported by readers, anti-litter groups, conservationists and charities. England introduced the charge in October 2015, following the governments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The MCS will use the money to organise and support around 1,000 beach and river clean-ups by thousands of volunteers during 2017 and 2018.

Waitrose will donate another £500,000 to projects tackling plastics in the environment.

Lauren Eyles, of the MCS, said: ‘A trip down to the beach should put a smile on your face, but there’s very little to be cheerful about when it comes to the sheer quantity of litter on our beaches. Beach litter has steadily risen over the two decades that MCS volunteers have been recording it on UK beaches.

‘Last year, on average in the UK, 694 items of litter were collected for every 100 metres cleaned. Plastic bottles and carrier bags, nappies, balloons and tiny plastic pieces can be found on almost every beach in the UK – either washed up, blown there or dropped.

‘Our beaches are suffering, and most of the litter found can be traced back to us – the general public. But we can all do something positive to help.’

During the MCS 2016 Great British Beach Clean, 268,384 individual items of litter were collected at 364 events by just under 6,000 volunteers.

For the first time, many of the plastics removed from the beaches and rivers will be sorted and recycled, giving them a second life as new products. The Waitrose Beach and River Clean-up project will kick off during this year’s MCS Great British Beach Clean from September 15 to 18.

Supermarkets and manufacturers are under pressure to cut the use of plastic that simply ends up in the bin and is dumped in landfill.

This month, Waitrose announced that all of its own-label packaging would be widely recyclable, reusable or home compostable by 2025. 

The retailer’s Tor Harris said: ‘The marine environment is important to all of us so the MCS beach and river cleans were an obvious choice when thinking where to donate some of our plastic carrier bag funds.’

Last week, Coca-Cola said it would double the amount of recycled plastic in its bottles to 50 per cent by 2020, with a deposit and refund scheme. By Sean Pulter

JOHN LEWIS PARTNERSHIPS, JULY 18 2017

The Marine Conservation Society and Waitrose aim to create biggest beach and river clean event series ever. UK's leading marine charity joins forces with supermarket to fight plastic beach pollution

The UK's leading marine charity, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and supermarket, Waitrose, have joined forces to create a new series of beach and river clean events to get more people than ever before cleaning and recording litter from England's beaches and rivers.

Support from Waitrose will help MCS put on more clean-ups and mobilise the public in the fight back against the rising tide of plastic litter on our beaches. The supermarket is donating £500,000 from its carrier bag funds to MCS who will organise around 1000 beach and river clean-ups during 2017/18.

Lauren Eyles, Beachwatch Manager at the Marine Conservation Society, said

'Beach litter has steadily risen over the two decades that MCS volunteers have been recording it on UK beaches. Last year, on average in the UK, 694 items of litter were collected for every 100 metres cleaned. Plastic bottles and carrier bags, nappies, balloons and tiny plastic pieces can be found on almost every beach in the UK – either washed up, blown there or dropped. Our beaches are suffering, and most of the litter found can be traced back to us – the general public. But we can all do something positive to help - find your nearest event and get stuck in!'

The Waitrose Beach and River Clean-up series will kick off during MCS's Great British Beach Clean event from 15 - September. People can register now to take part in clean-ups at www.mcsuk.org/waitrose.

For the first time, many of the plastics removed from the beaches and rivers will be sorted and recycled, giving them a second life as new products.

The charity has worked with Waitrose in the past on its sustainable seafood programme, and says it has partnered with the supermarket because of its commitment to the environment. Earlier this month, the retailer announced that all of its own-label packaging, across all food categories, would be widely recyclable, reusable or home compostable by 2025.

Tor Harris, Head of Responsible Sourcing and Sustainability at Waitrose, said:

'The marine environment is important to all of us so the MCS beach and river cleans - with their focus on reducing pollution from materials such as plastics - were an obvious choice when thinking where to donate some of our plastic carrier bag funds. It's our first step in donating £1 million to projects to tackle plastic pollution. This builds on our plastics environmental commitments to only sell paper stem cotton buds, nothing containing microbeads and to ensure that all our packaging is widely recyclable, reusable or home compostable by 2025. We're excited to invite our customers and Partners (employees) to take part in local coast and river cleans to improve the areas for wildlife and all of us.'

Waitrose will also launch easier-to-recycle triangular sandwich wrappers this August. The film window will be easily removable from the rest of the pack meaning the cardboard will be easier to recycle. Last year the retailer committed to not sell any products containing microbeads and switched their cotton buds exclusively from plastic to paper stem.

The MCS Great British Beach Clean is a 'citizen science' project that has become the most respected and longstanding beach litter survey in the UK. Now, by partnering with Waitrose and including river clean-ups, the charity hopes to create a year-long series of events that will see over 10,000 volunteers involved.

During the MCS 2016 Great British Beach Clean, 268,384 individual items of litter were collected at 364 events by just under 6,000 volunteers. Sandwich containers, along with crisp, sweet and lolly wrappers, were the third highest find with almost 44 items per 100m.

'A trip down the beach should put a smile on your face, but there's very little to be cheerful about when it comes to the sheer quantity of litter on our beaches,' says Lauren Eyles. 'We're delighted that Waitrose are investing in our clean-up programme and are backing this up with commitments to reduce single-use plastics in packaging.'

Anyone can register to take part in the Waitrose Beach and River Clean-ups as a clean-up organiser or a volunteer for events between 15 - 18 September or at other events that are planned throughout 2017 and 2018 at www.mcsuk.org/waitrose.

NOTES TO EDITORS

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is the UK charity dedicated to protecting our seas, shores and wildlife. MCS campaigns for clean seas and beaches, sustainable fisheries, and protection of marine life. Through education, community involvement and collaboration, MCS raises awareness of the many threats that face our seas and promotes individual, industry and government action to protect the marine environment. MCS provides information and guidance on many aspects of marine conservation and produces the annual Good Beach Guide and the Good Fish Guide as well as involving thousands of volunteers in projects and surveys such as MCS Beachwatch. www.mcsuk.org.

Beachwatch – is the MCS ongoing programme of beach clean events which has been collecting beach litter data for over 20 years resulting in successful campaigns that have helped introduce the 5p carrier bag charge, label changes for so-called 'flushable' wet wipes and manufacturer commitments to stop using plastic microbeads in personal care and cleaning products.

The Great British Beach Clean – the MCS flagship Beachwatch event takes place every third weekend of September. The data we collect feeds into the International Coastal Cleanup. The 2017 Great British Beach Clean is sponsored by Waitrose.

The Waitrose Beach & River Clean-up – in 2017 will be part of the Great British Beach Clean but extends to a whole year of clean-up events delivered by MCS and Waitrose. Anyone can volunteer and there will be approximately 1000 cleans so check the MCS website for an event near you!

Waitrose currently has 354 shops in England, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands, including 64 convenience branches, and another 27 shops at Welcome Break locations. It combines the convenience of a supermarket with the expertise and service of a specialist shop - dedicated to offering quality food that has been responsibly sourced, combined with high standards of customer service. Waitrose also exports its products to 58 countries worldwide and has seven shops which operate under licence in the Middle East. Waitrose's omnichannel business includes the online grocery service, waitrose.com, as well as specialist online shops including waitrosecellar.com for wine and waitroseflorist.com for flowers.

Plastic carrier bag levy funds raised in England can only be spent in England so only English beach and river cleans are being sponsored by Waitrose. £500,000 is being donated to MCS for approximately 1000 beach and river clean-ups. A further £500,000 will be donated by Waitrose to projects tackling plastics in the environment. The retailer's plastic bag money raised in the rest of the UK is pledged to other charitable causes in Scotland and Wales and more information can be found on the waitrose.com website.

PEOPLE'S POSTCODE LOTTERY

The Marine Conservation Society beach litter programme is supported by players of People's Postcode Lottery:

People's Postcode Lottery is a charity lottery. Players play with their postcodes to win cash prizes, while raising money for charities and good causes across Great Britain and globally. A minimum of 30% goes directly to charities and players have raised £205.1 Million for good causes across the country.

CONSERVATION ACTION - Porthtowan bleach clean party volunteers on the 21st of September 2015.

RETAIL GAZETTE JULY 19 2017

The UK’s leading marine charity has joined forces with Waitrose to create a new series of events to get more people cleaning and recording litter from England’s beaches and rivers.

The upmarket grocer will donate £500,000 from its plastic bag funds to Marine Conservation Society (MCS), who will organise around 1000 beach and river clean-ups during 2017/18 in an effort to fight back against the rising tide of plastic litter on beaches.

The Waitrose Beach and River Clean-up series will kick off during MCS’s Great British Beach Clean event from September 15.

For the first time, many of the plastics removed from the beaches and rivers will be sorted and recycled, giving them a second life as new products.

MCS has worked with Waitrose in the past on its sustainable seafood programme.

“The marine environment is important to all of us so the MCS beach and river cleans – with their focus on reducing pollution from materials such as plastics – were an obvious choice when thinking where to donate some of our plastic carrier bag funds,” Waitrose head of sustainability Tor Harris said.

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“It’s our first step in donating £1 million to projects to tackle plastic pollution.”

It’s not the first time Waitrose has moved to become more environmentally-friendly, having recently announced that all of its own-label packaging, across all food categories, would be widely recyclable, reusable or home compostable by 2025.

The grocer also committed to only sell paper stem cotton buds, to ensure no products had microbeads, as well as plans to sell easier-to-recycle triangular sandwich wrappers this August — whereby the film window will be easily removable from the rest of the pack so the cardboard will be easier to recycle.

“We’re excited to invite our customers and partners (employees) to take part in local coast and river cleans to improve the areas for wildlife and all of us,” Harris added.

During the MCS 2016 Great British Beach Clean, 268,384 individual items of litter were collected at 364 events by just under 6000 volunteers.

Sandwich containers, along with crisp, sweet and lolly wrappers, were the third-highest find with almost 44 items per 100m.

“Our beaches are suffering, and most of the litter found can be traced back to us – the general public. But we can all do something positive to help – find your nearest event and get stuck in,” MCS beachwatch manager Lauren Eyles said.

“We’re delighted that Waitrose are investing in our clean-up programme and are backing this up with commitments to reduce single-use plastics in packaging.”

ALL AT SEA JULY 2017 - Marine Conservation Society & Waitrose biggest beach and river clean event

UK’s leading marine charity joins forces with supermarket to fight plastic beach pollution.

The Marine Conservation Society and Waitrose have joined forces to create a new series of beach and river clean events to get more people than ever before cleaning and recording litter from England’s beaches and rivers.

Support from Waitrose will help MCS put on more clean-ups and mobilise the public in the fight back against the rising tide of plastic litter on our beaches. The supermarket is donating £500,000 from its carrier bag funds to MCS who will organise around 1000 beach and river clean-ups during 2017/18.

Lauren Eyles, Beachwatch Manager at the Marine Conservation Society, said: “Beach litter has steadily risen over the two decades that MCS volunteers have been recording it on UK beaches. Last year, on average in the UK, 694 items of litter were collected for every 100m cleaned. Plastic bottles and carrier bags, nappies, balloons and tiny plastic pieces can be found on almost every beach in the UK – either washed up, blown there or dropped. Our beaches are suffering, and most of the litter found can be traced back to us – the general public. But we can all do something positive to help – find your nearest event and get stuck in!”

The Waitrose Beach and River Clean-up series will kick off during MCS’s Great British Beach Clean event from 15 – 18 September. People can register now to take part in clean-ups at www.mcsuk.org/waitrose

For the first time, many of the plastics removed from the beaches and rivers will be sorted and recycled, giving them a second life as new products.

The charity has worked with Waitrose in the past on its sustainable seafood programme, and says it has partnered with the supermarket because of its commitment to the environment. Earlier this month, the retailer announced that all of its own-label packaging, across all food categories, would be widely recyclable, reusable or home compostable by 2025.

Tor Harris, Head of Responsible Sourcing and Sustainability at Waitrose, said: “The marine environment is important to all of us so the MCS beach and river cleans – with their focus on reducing pollution from materials such as plastics – were an obvious choice when thinking where to donate some of our plastic carrier bag funds. It’s our first step in donating £1 million to projects to tackle plastic pollution. This builds on our plastics environmental commitments to only sell paper stem cotton buds, nothing containing microbeads and to ensure that all our packaging is widely recyclable, reusable or home compostable by 2025. We’re excited to invite our customers and Partners (employees) to take part in local coast and river cleans to improve the areas for wildlife and all of us.”

Waitrose will also launch easier-to-recycle triangular sandwich wrappers this August. The film window will be easily removable from the rest of the pack meaning the cardboard will be easier to recycle. Last year the retailer committed to not sell any products containing microbeads and switched their cotton buds exclusively from plastic to paper stem.

The MCS Great British Beach Clean is a ‘citizen science’ project that has become the most respected and longstanding beach litter survey in the UK. Now, by partnering with Waitrose and including river clean-ups, the charity hopes to create a year-long series of events that will see over 10,000 volunteers involved.

During the MCS 2016 Great British Beach Clean, 268,384 individual items of litter were collected at 364 events by just under 6,000 volunteers. Sandwich containers, along with crisp, sweet and lolly wrappers, were the third highest find with almost 44 items per 100m.

“A trip down the beach should put a smile on your face, but there’s very little to be cheerful about when it comes to the sheer quantity of litter on our beaches,” says Lauren Eyles. “We’re delighted that Waitrose are investing in our clean-up programme and are backing this up with commitments to reduce single-use plastics in packaging.”

Anyone can register to take part in the Waitrose Beach and River Clean-ups as a clean-up organiser or a volunteer for events between 15 – 18 September or at other events that are planned throughout 2017 and 2018 at www.mcsuk.org/waitrose 

FAIRLIE YACHT CLUB

The Club has received the following communication, which may be of interest to Members:

We need your help to make this year’s Great British Beach Clean the most successful yet. If you'd like to help out there are 3 ways to do so:

(1) Organise your own Beach Clean event, for help to do this please sign up here or email me 

(2) Attend a Beach Clean event in your area, look for local events here 

(3) Encourage more people in your local area to run events and attend events, for more info about how to do this please read on...

Attached Press Release which has just gone out today calling for organizers and volunteers to register their events.

Can you help create Scotland's biggest beach cleaning event?

Marine Conservation Society bidding to clean up 150 beaches across the country in just four days

Scotland's leading marine charity is urging people who love the coast to organise a beach clean and survey and do their bit in the worldwide fight against marine litter.

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) will be running its 24th annual Great British Beach Clean-up event in Scotland between the 15th and 18th September and the charity hopes this year’s clean- up in the country will help put the UK in the top ten of the 100 or so participating countries and regions which take part in the International Coastal Clean-up during the same weekend every year. “Scotland has more of the UK's coastline than anywhere else," says Catherine Gemmell, MCS Scotland Conservation Officer. "Many communities rely on the cleanliness of beaches for their coastal economy. Beach litter and the problems it causes to both humans and wildlife is a huge issue that we need everyone's help with; from schools and communities to councillors and MSPs we hope to see everyone helping look after their beach this September.'

During the 2016 Great British Beach Clean event in Scotland, 1,744 volunteers cleaned 121 beaches, picking up, on average, 459 items of litter per 100km they cleaned. Plastic bottles on Scottish beaches rose by 21.3% compared to 2015

In Scotland, MCS is a founding partner of the ‘Have you got the bottle’ campaign led by the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland (APRS). “We’re confident that evidence from other countries and a successful trial at Heriot-Watt University shows that a Scotland-wide roll-out of a DRS would lead to reduction in the number of drinks containers that blight our beaches,” says Calum Duncan, MCS Head of Conservation in Scotland. “We were delighted to hear that the Scottish Government has asked Zero Waste Scotland to explore possible designs for a DRS system. That’s why it’s so important that this year we try and clean more beaches to help show everybody throughout Scotland what a huge problem litter, and especially plastic bottle litter, is on Scottish beaches."

Although the Great British Beach Clean doesn’t take place until September, MCS says it’s vital that new organisers get involved now so volunteers have enough time to sign up to the new clean-ups.

The MCS Great British Beach Clean is part of Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Clean-up. Last year volunteers, at beaches all over the world, covered a distance of 14,990 miles and collected weird finds ranging from a piano to drones, selfie sticks to typewriters. In the UK 364 beaches were cleaned.

Running a beach clean has never been simpler with the introduction of a fantastic interactive website with lots of downloadable resources to help people promote their clean-ups as well as support from the Beachwatch team at MCS headquarters both online and on the phone.

“We would love to see 150 beaches cleaned in Scotland this year,” says Catherine Gemmell “Anyone wishing to run a beach clean will get lots of help from MCS. The coast isn’t just for a week’s holiday…it’s for all year round."

The Great British Beach Clean is part of the year-long Waitrose Beach and River Clean-up and is supported by players of People's Postcode Lottery.

Head of Charities for People’s Postcode Lottery, Clara Govier, said: “I’m delighted that players of People’s Postcode Lottery are supporting this project. It’s such an important initiative, and the more beach cleans that are run around the country the better. Having been on clean-ups with MCS, I found them really fulfilling and great fun.”

If you would like to organise a beach clean event in Scotland that will benefit your favourite or nearest beach and help tackle beach litter globally, visit www.mcsuk.org/greatbritishbeachclean or telephone 01989 566017.

SINGLE USE PLASTICS -  This is just a small sample of the plastic packaging that you will find in retail stores all over the world. A good proportion of this packaging - around 8 millions tons a year, will end up in our oceans, in the gut of the fish we eat, in the stomachs of seabirds and in the intestines of whales and other marine mammals. of course we are the last in the food chain where the toxins can get us, if the micro plastics don't. Copyright photograph © 22-7-17 Cleaner Ocean Foundation Ltd, all rights

EXETER DAILY NEWS 18-7-17

Marine charity joins forces with supermarket to fight plastic beach pollution

The UK’s leading marine charity, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and supermarket, Waitrose, have joined forces to create a new series of beach and river clean events to get more people than ever before cleaning and recording litter from England’s beaches and rivers.

Support from Waitrose will help MCS put on more clean-ups and mobilise the public in the fight back against the rising tide of plastic litter on our beaches. The supermarket is donating £500,000 from its carrier bag funds to MCS who will organise around 1,000 beach and river clean-ups during 2017/18.

Lauren Eyles, Beachwatch Manager at the Marine Conservation Society, said “Beach litter has steadily risen over the two decades that MCS volunteers have been recording it on UK beaches. Last year, on average in the UK, 694 items of litter were collected for every 100 metres cleaned. Plastic bottles and carrier bags, nappies, balloons and tiny plastic pieces can be found on almost every beach in the UK – either washed up, blown there or dropped. Our beaches are suffering, and most of the litter found can be traced back to us – the general public. But we can all do something positive to help - find your nearest event and get stuck in!"

The Waitrose Beach and River Clean-up series will kick off during MCS’s Great British Beach Clean event from 15th- 18th September. People can register now to take part in clean-ups at www.mcsuk.org/waitrose

For the first time, many of the plastics removed from the beaches and rivers will be sorted and recycled, giving them a second life as new products.

The charity has worked with Waitrose in the past on its sustainable seafood programme, and says it has partnered with the supermarket because of its commitment to the environment. Earlier this month, the retailer announced that all of its own-label packaging, across all food categories, would be widely recyclable, reusable or home compostable by 2025.

Tor Harris, Head of Responsible Sourcing and Sustainability at Waitrose, said:

“The marine environment is important to all of us so the MCS beach and river cleans - with their focus on reducing pollution from materials such as plastics - were an obvious choice when thinking where to donate some of our plastic carrier bag funds. It's our first step in donating £1 million to projects to tackle plastic pollution. This builds on our plastics environmental commitments to only sell paper stem cotton buds, nothing containing microbeads and to ensure that all our packaging is widely recyclable, reusable or home compostable by 2025. We’re excited to invite our customers and Partners (employees) to take part in local coast and river cleans to improve the areas for wildlife and all of us.”

Waitrose will also launch easier-to-recycle triangular sandwich wrappers this August. The film window will be easily removable from the rest of the pack meaning the cardboard will be easier to recycle. Last year the retailer committed to not sell any products containing microbeads and switched their cotton buds exclusively from plastic to paper stem.

The MCS Great British Beach Clean is a ‘citizen science’ project that has become the most respected and longstanding beach litter survey in the UK. Now, by partnering with Waitrose and including river clean-ups, the charity hopes to create a year-long series of events that will see over 10,000 volunteers involved.

During the MCS 2016 Great British Beach Clean, 268,384 individual items of litter were collected at 364 events by just under 6,000 volunteers. Sandwich containers, along with crisp, sweet and lolly wrappers, were the third highest find with almost 44 items per 100m.

“A trip down the beach should put a smile on your face, but there’s very little to be cheerful about when it comes to the sheer quantity of litter on our beaches,” says Lauren Eyles. “We’re delighted that Waitrose are investing in our clean-up programme and are backing this up with commitments to reduce single-use plastics in packaging.”

Anyone can register to take part in the Waitrose Beach and River Clean-ups as a clean-up organiser or a volunteer for events between 15th- 18th September or at other events that are planned throughout 2017 and 2018 at www.mcsuk.org/waitrose

DIVERNET - WAITROSE TO FUND MCS CLEAN UPS 22 JULY 2017

Supermarket chain Waitrose is donating £500,000 from carrier-bag sales to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), which will use the funds to create a new series of around 1000 beach- and river-cleaning events over the next 12 months.

And, for the first time, many of the plastics collected by volunteers are set to be sorted and recycled.

“Beach litter has steadily risen over the two decades that MCS volunteers have been recording it on UK beaches,” said MCS Beachwatch Manager Lauren Eyles at the launch of the partnership at a beach-clean at West Bay, Dorset on 18 July.

“Last year, on average in the UK, 694 items of litter were collected for every 100m cleaned.

“Plastic bottles and carrier-bags, nappies, balloons and tiny plastic pieces can be found on almost every beach in the UK – either washed up, blown there or dropped. But we can all do something positive to help – find your nearest event and get stuck in!”

The MCS, which is hoping that the events will attract more than 10,000 volunteers, had previously worked with Waitrose on its sustainable seafood programme.

The supermarket, which is aiming to make all its own-label packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, describes the beach-cleans as “our first step in donating £1 million to projects to tackle plastic pollution”.

The Waitrose Beach & River Clean-up series will kick off during MCS’s Great British Beach Clean event from 15-18 September. You can register as an organiser or volunteer here.

Meanwhile the MCS has welcomed news that North Sea cod stocks have been certified as reaching a level at which they can once again be described as sustainable.

“MCS is delighted to see North Sea cod continue to increase in abundance – now above its upper biomass reference point,“ said the organisation’s Head of Fisheries & Aquaculture Samuel Stone.

“The recovery of the fishery represents years of hard work and sacrifices made by the industry.”

CONTACTS

MSC:

Richard Harrington
MCS Head of Communications
Telephone: 07793 118384

Clare Fischer
MCS Editorial and Media Officer
Telephone: 07751 905535

Waitrose:

Laura Blumenthal
Press Officer, Corporate, Waitrose
Telephone: 01344 826774
Email: laura.blumenthal@waitrose.co.uk

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