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Volunteers

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Cleans Completed

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First Clean of 2023, Castle Beach.

We have kicked off our beach clean activity for the year, by heading back down the Cornwall. We held a clean at Castle Beach in Falmouth in mid-November but due to bad weather, we didn’t pick up as much as…

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Microplastics. The what, why, and how.

What are microplastics? Microplastics is a wide term that refers to small plastic particles that are a by-product of plastic waste. This could be fibres, fragments, and spheres that usually, but not always, are formed by the breakdown and deterioration…

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2022, A Yearly Review

2022 has been a busy year for us here at Life’s a Beach. We have been to beaches up and down the country, and have met a whole host of wonderful people. We want to thank the following groups for…

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How to waste less this Christmas?

The festive period is always a time when households create more waste than usual. We have put together some easy ways you can ditch single-use plastic and create less waste, whilst also saving money. Decorations Don’t Need To Be Wasteful…

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Falmouth University Beach Clean

For our final clean of the year, we travelled down to Cornwall to lead a beach clean with Falmouth University students. With volunteers from the Eco Society and Marine Watch society, we headed for the beautiful Castle Beach. On day…

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ProCook Becomes B Corp Certified

One of our main corporate partners, ProCook, has become B Corp certified! ProCook, the UK’s leading direct-to-consumer specialist kitchenware brand, has announced its certification as a B Corporation (B Corp), acknowledging its membership of a select but growing group of…

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Bristol University Beach Clean

This week we teamed up with Prof. Steve Simpson and 190 students from the School of Biological Sciences from the University of Bristol to tackle Westward Ho! beach in North Devon, for yet another successful beach clean. Returning to this…

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Bangor University Beach Clean

We travelled 200 miles from our HQ, to Bangor University to lead yet another beach clean. Teaming up with members of the Endeavour Society we set up on a secluded stretch of beach on the Menai Straits and got to work.…

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Swansea University Beach Clean

We were very grateful to be invited to the University of Swansea to take part in the Marine Conservation clean up event. The student union arranged for volunteers to come from local groups, businesses, as well as students, of course!…

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Beach Clean at Weston-Super-Mare

Life’s a Beach teamed up once again with our friends from ProCook and Printwaste. Volunteers gave up their time to tackle the Weston-super-Mare seafront. Twenty two people, armed with pickers and gloves took to the sands to clear up the…

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