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A Big Holiday Beach Clean has been organised by Tui Travel this July.
The campaign begins today, Thursday, with teams across Tui Travel, Abta and Aito hitting Brighton beach to support Make Holidays Greener Month, the Travel Foundation’s annual campaign to celebrate greener holidays.
Beaches in Mexico, Greece, Turkey and Egypt have also been targeted for a clean-up this month.
As much as 6.4 million tonnes of marine litter enters the world’s oceans each year, which not only threatens wildlife, but also human health, communities and economies around the world.
The purpose of the campaign is to encourage local authorities to keep beaches clean and to build understanding of the simple steps that everyone can take to protect the environment and local wildlife. The rubbish collected will be analysed to help better understand the scale of the problem and put better solutions in place.