Over 40 M&S customers and employees cleaned the beach at Douglas Bay last week as part of the M&S Big Beach Clean-up supported by the Marine Conservation Society. Over 15 bin bags full of litter were collected, weighing in at over 120kgs.
Simon Lucas, M&S Head of Region said: “It’s great to see so many customers and employees getting directly involved in our beach clean-ups. MCS surveys show that there are almost two pieces of litter on every metre of UK coastline – thanks to the efforts put in last week, our seas and rivers are now cleaner and our coastline environment is in better shape. We’re passionate about protecting our marine life and I’d like to extend a huge thank-you to everyone who rolled their sleeves up and got involved.
“We’re extremely grateful to the volunteers and M&S staff that supported the Big Beach Clean-up at Douglas Bay. It highlights the public’s concern about the unacceptable amounts of litter on our beaches and their support has made a real difference.”
The M&S Big Beach Clean-up is part of Forever Fish, M&S’ campaign to help customers and their children learn more about fish, clean our British beaches and protect UK marine life. It is funded by the 5p carrier bag charge in M&S foodhalls. Since its introduction in 2008, the charge has reduced carrier bag use by 80 per cent and raised over ?4 million for charity.
Customers can find out more www.marksandspencer.com/plana and www.school-of-fish.co.uk.
