The @mcsuk.bsky.social Great British Beach Clean starts next week!

18th to 27th September volunteers will be taking part in hundreds of beach cleans across the UK and Channel Islands and recording what they find so we can continue to push for change.

Find events here: lnkd.in/e8gepi48

Human‑made chemicals are harming your favourite marine wildlife. We’re determined to put a stop to it, but we need your help.

For this week only, every donation will be doubled by our corporate funders - https://orlo.uk/5hhDW

#EarthDay #EarthRaise

The incredible @lizzieprice.bsky.social as Beachwatch Manager for the @mcsuk.bsky.social was on BBC Breakfast this morning.

With 95% of beaches surveyed by our volunteers last year having drinks related litter the main topic of discussion was the upcoming Deposit Return Scheme!

State of our Beaches 2025 is out 🌊

A huge thanks to the incredible 14, 507 volunteers who headed out to beaches across the UK last year to clean and collect vital litter data for the @mcsuk.bsky.social Beachwatch project.

Until noon Tuesday 29th April, all donations made through our Big Give appeal will be DOUBLED - but we need your help. We need to hit our target of £30,000 to unlock our matched funds

Donate now and double your impact for the ocean 👉 actmcs.org/bsky-big-give25

Forever chemicals harm our ocean and the marine life that call it home. We won’t stop until our blue planet is safe, but we need your help.

Donate to our Big Give appeal before April 29th and your gift will be doubled through match funding 👉 actmcs.org/bsky-big-give25

Huge thanks to @reloop.bsky.social for chatting to me about @mcsuk.bsky.social State of our Beaches report for 2024 and delving into what the litter shows, collected by our amazing volunteers.

State of our Beaches report from @mcsuk.bsky.social shows plastic litter is up almost 10% 🗑️

Government must act with strong policy to move us away from throwaway, & towards refill, reuse & return♻️

Read more👇

actmcs.org/sh-beachwatch24

Our new beach clean report is out and the UK has a plastic pollution problem!

Last year a whopping 15,000 of you helped us pick up and record over 3/4s of a million pieces of litter off our coastline 🙌

Take a look at the report to find out more👇
actmcs.org/tw-beachwatch24
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Great to hear from Nature Minister, Mary Creagh, how important our beach clean data has been in supporting the introduction of a new deposit return system and moving towards an economy based on repair, reuse, refill and recycling. Crucial for nature and climate - and the ocean, of course.

Our beach clean data shows that high levels of single-use items are still being littered on our beaches! Today our CEO, @Luk_Sandy attended an important government roundtable to discuss steps to move towards a circular economy ♻️
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The @scottishwater.bsky.social
sewage near real time data map is live!

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We @mcsuk.bsky.social have been calling for this and we welcomed being consulted during its production.

Read our briefing here:

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Welcome progress in Scotland today on tackling Sewage Related Debris from Scottish Water & Cabinet Secretary @gillianamartin.bsky.social - 1000 new monitors installed on the sewer network.

Let's get to 100%!

@mcsuk.bsky.social briefing: www.mcsuk.org/documents/18... @oceansandy.bsky.social

#DYK we were started by volunteers? A passionate group of divers came together (in a shed!) in 1983. Now over 30,000 people give their time to help us protect the ocean each year 🌊

Interested in volunteering with us? Find out more 👇

We're excited to celebrate two big milestones in restoring oysters in Scotland - 100,000 oysters reintroduced to the Dornoch Firth by our DEEP project and 30,000 oysters into the Firth of Forth through our Restoration Forth project

Find out more: www.mcsuk.org/oyster-restoration-achievements

Well, hello @bsky.app Looking forwarding to sharing my work as Beachwatch Manager at Marine Conservation Society @mcsuk.bsky.social so essentially, prepare for lots of pictures of litter…