5 tonnes of marine litter removed from Kerry beaches

Five tonnes of marine litter was removed from Kerry beaches recently as part of the Big Beach Clean.

31 groups, made up of 840 volunteers, undertook clean ups in a number of beaches around Kerry.

Among the items removed from Banna beach were a mattress, lobster crates and the contents of a compost bin.

The Big Beach Clean is part of the International Coastal Clean-up organised by the Ocean Conservancy and sees communities come together at the end of the bathing season.

Maharees Conservation Association hosted a Big Beach Clean clean-up, , getting over 6km of their beaches cleaned as part of the event, at least 22 volunteers collecting at least 15 full bags and some large unbaggable items.