A beach clean held at Castletown over the weekend has been hailed a success by its organisers.
Members of the Marine Conservation Society and volunteers spent Saturday and Sunday clearing and cataloguing rubbish from a stretch near Hango Hill.
The MCS's Dru Leoidsson (pictured) says they filled 56 black bags, a wheelie bin and also removed nine tyres from the beach.
Dru says the majority of items found are certainly being dumped out at sea:
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