Massive spike in wet-wipes found during beach clean events
The Great British Beach Clean this weekend finds the trends in sewage and litter ending up on our beaches.
Since the plastic bag charge was introduced, surveys have found a decrease in the number of supermarket plastic bags ending up UK shores.
The materials found on the coast are divided into three categories; public litter, sewage related debris, and fishing debris.
But there has been a 94% rise in the number of wet-wipes found between 2015 and 2016 after being flushed down the toilet which end up our oceans.
The Dornoch First Information Officer for the Marine Conservation Society Ed Marriott said: 'One of the main problems is an increase in use, but as well many are still labelled as flushable.
'Wet wipes are very rarely degradable and even if they are, they often still contain plastic products.
'In terms of changing the packaging, we have been changing the label of them being flushable.
'This is just one of the ways we can impact what ends up on our beaches.'
Ed Marriott has organised two beach clean events close to the Donrnoch area.
The first is on Saturday 15 September at 10am on Nigg beach.
The second is on 16 September 2018 at Chanonry Point near Fortrose at 10am.