Bin thrown off Sussex pier washes up on German beach and becomes birdhouse
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It started with some mindless vandalism on Worthing Pier but at least had a happy ending 450 miles away in a beach side house in Germany,” Worthing council wrote in a post on its website. I then put it in our garden, put a plant in it and my daughter finished it off by adding a birdhouse to the top.” Adur and Worthing councils said although the bin had a happy ending, “throwing items in the sea is a serious issue”. The Worthing council bin now resides in Mr Richter's garden “It is estimated that eight million metric tons of plastic alone are dumped into the ocean every year,” said the post.
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