Volunteers pick up thousands of cigarette butts on Zuid-Holland beach
5 years, 4 months ago

Volunteers pick up thousands of cigarette butts on Zuid-Holland beach

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Volunteers for the North Sea Foundation's large beach clean-up campaign picked up 2,542 cigarette butts on the beach between Hoek van Holland and Monster on Saturday. Marine mammals, birds and fish also often mistake cigarette butts for food. The North Sea Foundation calls on beach visitors to always throw their cigarette butts in an ashtray for a clean beach and a healthy sea. The large beach clean-up campaign started on August 1st and will end on August 15th.

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Volunteers collected 6,081 kg trash, 27,854 cigarette butts on Dutch beaches
1 year, 4 months ago

Volunteers collected 6,081 kg trash, 27,854 cigarette butts on Dutch beaches

NL Times  

Between 1 and 15 August, 1,827 volunteers picked up 6,081 kilograms of trash and 27,854 cigarette butts on Dutch beaches. The many thousands of butts show the need for smoke-free beaches, said the North Sea Foundation, one of the organizers of the annual Boskalis Beach Cleanup Tour. The beaches were littered with cigarette butts again this year, the North Sea …

Hundreds of volunteers gather to pick up trash on Dutch beaches annual cleanup kicks off
1 year, 5 months ago

Hundreds of volunteers gather to pick up trash on Dutch beaches annual cleanup kicks off

NL Times  

Hundreds of volunteers will start a fifteen-day clean-up operation of the entire Dutch coast on Tuesday. The clean-up is organized by the North Sea Foundation, an environmental organization committed to making fishing more sustainable and protecting the North Sea nature, among other things. Research by the North Sea Foundation shows that there are an average of 282 pieces of waste …

Volunteers pick up nearly 11,000 kg of trash on Dutch beaches
5 years, 4 months ago

Volunteers pick up nearly 11,000 kg of trash on Dutch beaches

NL Times  

A total of 2,568 volunteers picked up 10,991 kilograms of waste on Dutch beaches during the North Sea foundation's great cleanup, the foundation announced at the end of the two-week long cleanup campaign on Thursday. Last year, 11,163 kilograms of trash was removed from Dutch beaches, Het Parool reports. On Saturday volunteers also picked up 2,542 cigarette butts on the …

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