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Clean-Up on ‘World’s Most Polluted Beach’ Bags Six Tonnes of Waste

July 29, 2019

James Beard, Recycling Services Manager at outsourced recycling and resource management services firm, Valpak, has helped bag six tonnes of waste from the most densely-polluted beach in the world, and concluded that prevention is the only viable option to halt the tide of marine plastic litter.

The Explorers Club Flag Expedition, sponsored by Valpak, targeted Henderson Island, an uninhabited World Heritage site in the remote Pitcairn islands.

“Up to two-thirds of plastic lie beneath the surface, and larger pieces are continuously breaking up into ever-smaller fragments,” explained Beard “Humanity could spend several lifetimes trying to clean up such problems.

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