CORNWALL-based Surfers Against Sewage is calling for volunteers to join the Big Spring Beach Clean from April 11 to 17. Recent storms which have swept across the UK have dumped thousands of tonnes of marine litter along the coastline. Marine litter is one of the biggest threats to the health and sustainability of our marine ecosystem – every day approximately eight million pieces of marine litter find their way into our oceans causing the death of a million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals annually. Community beach cleans play a vital part in tackling the marine litter crisis with recent research demonstrating that removing plastic waste along our coastlines is the most effective clean-up method. The Big Spring Beach Clean is the biggest single community beach clean effort in the UK, uniting more than 7,000 volunteers to tackle the marine litter crisis in more than 200 locations. To register your event and receive your Big Spring Beach Clean pack please email: [email protected] or call 01872 555 956.