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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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!…
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…
Ghost gear is a term used to refer to any lost or abandoned fishing gear, such as netting, ropes, traps etc. This is arguably the most dangerous form of ocean pollution as these sometimes massive nets are extremely harmful to…
