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'Waste has value': how surfing helps Colombia solve its plastic problem
The Amigos del Mar has found a way to help Tierra Bomba island clean up its beaches - and get children back to school.
Amigos del Mar has set up the Olas Paz programme (known as the Clean Wave Project in English), transforming the thousands of plastic bottle caps that pollute Tierra Bomba into surfboard fins.
In Tierra Bomba, plastic bottle caps, bags, wrappers, toys and other plastic waste constantly washes up on the white sand beaches, where it accumulates due to the lack of adequate waste collection services.
Leimer Morales, 23, competing in the stand-up-paddle Copa America, on the beaches of Cartagena. He learnt to surf through the Fundaci—n Amigos del Mar
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'Waste has value': how surfing helps Colombia solve its plastic problem
The Amigos del Mar has found a way to help Tierra Bomba island clean up its beaches - and get children back to school.
Amigos del Mar has set up the Olas Paz programme (known as the Clean Wave Project in English), transforming the thousands of plastic bottle caps that pollute Tierra Bomba into surfboard fins.
In Tierra Bomba, plastic bottle caps, bags, wrappers, toys and other plastic waste constantly washes up on the white sand beaches, where it accumulates due to the lack of adequate waste collection services.
Pedro Salazar, founder and director of the Fundaci—n Amigos del Mar, speaks to children that form part of his organisation ahead of a beach clean up
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'Waste has value': how surfing helps Colombia solve its plastic problem
The Amigos del Mar has found a way to help Tierra Bomba island clean up its beaches - and get children back to school.
Amigos del Mar has set up the Olas Paz programme (known as the Clean Wave Project in English), transforming the thousands of plastic bottle caps that pollute Tierra Bomba into surfboard fins.
In Tierra Bomba, plastic bottle caps, bags, wrappers, toys and other plastic waste constantly washes up on the white sand beaches, where it accumulates due to the lack of adequate waste collection services.
Two children walk down a slope in Tierra Bomba, as the skyline of Cartagena lies in the background
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'Waste has value': how surfing helps Colombia solve its plastic problem
The Amigos del Mar has found a way to help Tierra Bomba island clean up its beaches - and get children back to school.
Amigos del Mar has set up the Olas Paz programme (known as the Clean Wave Project in English), transforming the thousands of plastic bottle caps that pollute Tierra Bomba into surfboard fins.
In Tierra Bomba, plastic bottle caps, bags, wrappers, toys and other plastic waste constantly washes up on the white sand beaches, where it accumulates due to the lack of adequate waste collection services.
Merk Morales, a local Tierra Bomba resident who has learnt to surf through the Fundaci—n Amigos del Mar, carried a board which bears fins made of recycled plastic. The Cartagena skyline lies in the background.
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'Waste has value': how surfing helps Colombia solve its plastic problem
The Amigos del Mar has found a way to help Tierra Bomba island clean up its beaches - and get children back to school.
Amigos del Mar has set up the Olas Paz programme (known as the Clean Wave Project in English), transforming the thousands of plastic bottle caps that pollute Tierra Bomba into surfboard fins.
In Tierra Bomba, plastic bottle caps, bags, wrappers, toys and other plastic waste constantly washes up on the white sand beaches, where it accumulates due to the lack of adequate waste collection services.
Merk Morales, a local Tierra Bomba resident who has learnt to surf through the Fundaci—n Amigos del Mar, places fins made of recycled plastic on a surfboard
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'Waste has value': how surfing helps Colombia solve its plastic problem
The Amigos del Mar has found a way to help Tierra Bomba island clean up its beaches - and get children back to school.
Amigos del Mar has set up the Olas Paz programme (known as the Clean Wave Project in English), transforming the thousands of plastic bottle caps that pollute Tierra Bomba into surfboard fins.
In Tierra Bomba, plastic bottle caps, bags, wrappers, toys and other plastic waste constantly washes up on the white sand beaches, where it accumulates due to the lack of adequate waste collection services.
A handful of bottle caps collected from the streets of Tierra Bomba
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'Waste has value': how surfing helps Colombia solve its plastic problem
The Amigos del Mar has found a way to help Tierra Bomba island clean up its beaches - and get children back to school.
Amigos del Mar has set up the Olas Paz programme (known as the Clean Wave Project in English), transforming the thousands of plastic bottle caps that pollute Tierra Bomba into surfboard fins.
In Tierra Bomba, plastic bottle caps, bags, wrappers, toys and other plastic waste constantly washes up on the white sand beaches, where it accumulates due to the lack of adequate waste collection services.
Magnelis Torres and his aunt place bottle caps they have collected from the streets of Tierra Bomba into a bag for recycling
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'Waste has value': how surfing helps Colombia solve its plastic problem
The Amigos del Mar has found a way to help Tierra Bomba island clean up its beaches - and get children back to school.
Amigos del Mar has set up the Olas Paz programme (known as the Clean Wave Project in English), transforming the thousands of plastic bottle caps that pollute Tierra Bomba into surfboard fins.
In Tierra Bomba, plastic bottle caps, bags, wrappers, toys and other plastic waste constantly washes up on the white sand beaches, where it accumulates due to the lack of adequate waste collection services.
A local child carries a surfboard across a beach on the island of Tierra Bomba that is cluttered with litter
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'Waste has value': how surfing helps Colombia solve its plastic problem
The Amigos del Mar has found a way to help Tierra Bomba island clean up its beaches - and get children back to school.
Amigos del Mar has set up the Olas Paz programme (known as the Clean Wave Project in English), transforming the thousands of plastic bottle caps that pollute Tierra Bomba into surfboard fins.
In Tierra Bomba, plastic bottle caps, bags, wrappers, toys and other plastic waste constantly washes up on the white sand beaches, where it accumulates due to the lack of adequate waste collection services.
Magnelis Torres, a local resident of Tierra Bomba, takes part in the weekly surf lesson organised by the Fundaci—n Amigos del Mar on the beach of Playa Linda
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'Your plastic is here': how Easter Island copes with 500 pieces of rubbish an hour washing ashore
One of the world's most remote populations must deal with a flood of multinational plastic, much of it tossed overboard by the factory fishing ships hoovering up sealife just offshore.
About 2,300 miles west of central Chile, Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui) is among the most remote spots on Earth - and among the most polluted.
It is estimated that 50 times more plastic washes ashore on these beaches than on the Chilean mainland, largely a result of the vast spiralling current known as the South Pacific gyre.
Plastic pollution landing on Easter Island
Felipe Tepano, president of Rapa Nui powerful Council of the Sea addresses local villagers on the efforts to build conservation safeguards in the rich fishing grounds that surround this remote island.
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'Your plastic is here': how Easter Island copes with 500 pieces of rubbish an hour washing ashore
One of the world's most remote populations must deal with a flood of multinational plastic, much of it tossed overboard by the factory fishing ships hoovering up sealife just offshore.
About 2,300 miles west of central Chile, Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui) is among the most remote spots on Earth - and among the most polluted.
It is estimated that 50 times more plastic washes ashore on these beaches than on the Chilean mainland, largely a result of the vast spiralling current known as the South Pacific gyre.
Plastic pollution landing on Easter Island
Every high tide now leaves a dump of multi coloured plastic garbage, some bleached by the sea others eerily colourful.
Some of the plastic polluting an Easter Island beach. Some of the flotsam originated in New Zealand, more than 4,000 miles away.
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'Your plastic is here': how Easter Island copes with 500 pieces of rubbish an hour washing ashore
One of the world's most remote populations must deal with a flood of multinational plastic, much of it tossed overboard by the factory fishing ships hoovering up sealife just offshore.
About 2,300 miles west of central Chile, Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui) is among the most remote spots on Earth - and among the most polluted.
It is estimated that 50 times more plastic washes ashore on these beaches than on the Chilean mainland, largely a result of the vast spiralling current known as the South Pacific gyre.
Kina Paoa Kannegiesser sorts plastic from seashells at Ovahe beach on Easter Island. She melts down the plastic she collects and turns it into miniature versions of Rapa Nui's famous moai statues to sell to tourists, who thereby take a bit of plastic back off the island.
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'Your plastic is here': how Easter Island copes with 500 pieces of rubbish an hour washing ashore
One of the world's most remote populations must deal with a flood of multinational plastic, much of it tossed overboard by the factory fishing ships hoovering up sealife just offshore.
About 2,300 miles west of central Chile, Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui) is among the most remote spots on Earth - and among the most polluted.
It is estimated that 50 times more plastic washes ashore on these beaches than on the Chilean mainland, largely a result of the vast spiralling current known as the South Pacific gyre.
Kina Paoa Kannegiesser sorts plastic from seashells at Ovahe beach on Easter Island. She melts down the plastic she collects and turns it into miniature versions of Rapa Nui's famous moai statues to sell to tourists, who thereby take a bit of plastic back off the island.
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'Your plastic is here': how Easter Island copes with 500 pieces of rubbish an hour washing ashore
One of the world's most remote populations must deal with a flood of multinational plastic, much of it tossed overboard by the factory fishing ships hoovering up sealife just offshore.
About 2,300 miles west of central Chile, Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui) is among the most remote spots on Earth - and among the most polluted.
It is estimated that 50 times more plastic washes ashore on these beaches than on the Chilean mainland, largely a result of the vast spiralling current known as the South Pacific gyre.
Plastic pollution landing on Easter Island
Workers at the local recycling plant on Rapa Nui Island grind the plastic up to make stools, tabletops and home furnishings.
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'Your plastic is here': how Easter Island copes with 500 pieces of rubbish an hour washing ashore
One of the world's most remote populations must deal with a flood of multinational plastic, much of it tossed overboard by the factory fishing ships hoovering up sealife just offshore.
About 2,300 miles west of central Chile, Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui) is among the most remote spots on Earth - and among the most polluted.
It is estimated that 50 times more plastic washes ashore on these beaches than on the Chilean mainland, largely a result of the vast spiralling current known as the South Pacific gyre.
Plastic pollution landing on Easter Island
Shards of fish bins wash ashore Rapa Nui from as far away as China and Peru. This shard labelled 'Property of United Fisheries Unauthorized Use Prohibited' likely came New Zealand.
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'Your plastic is here': how Easter Island copes with 500 pieces of rubbish an hour washing ashore
One of the world's most remote populations must deal with a flood of multinational plastic, much of it tossed overboard by the factory fishing ships hoovering up sealife just offshore.
About 2,300 miles west of central Chile, Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui) is among the most remote spots on Earth - and among the most polluted.
It is estimated that 50 times more plastic washes ashore on these beaches than on the Chilean mainland, largely a result of the vast spiralling current known as the South Pacific gyre.
Plastic pollution landing on Easter Island
Petero Tepano, a former political leader of Rapa Nui sorts through the sea plastics that are often dumped by foreign fishing fleets. Buoys, plastic fish bins and nets arrive by the day and often end up here at the municipal recycling center.
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'Your plastic is here': how Easter Island copes with 500 pieces of rubbish an hour washing ashore
One of the world's most remote populations must deal with a flood of multinational plastic, much of it tossed overboard by the factory fishing ships hoovering up sealife just offshore.
About 2,300 miles west of central Chile, Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui) is among the most remote spots on Earth - and among the most polluted.
It is estimated that 50 times more plastic washes ashore on these beaches than on the Chilean mainland, largely a result of the vast spiralling current known as the South Pacific gyre.
Plastic pollution landing on Easter Island
At the Easter Island recycling center, hundreds of plastic bottles are separated from the trash in an attempt to recycle the massive amounts used by tourists and washed ashore by waves.
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'In 10 years we may cease to exist': rising seas and influx of tourists threaten to engulf Panama island. The Guna community.
The Guna community has fought for survival for centuries. But modern threats are testing their cultural resilience.
The Guna Yala islands are one of Central America's most exposed maritime zones in the path of climatic phenomena. Their inhabitants face rising sea levels due to the climate crisis, and pollution such as plastic waste and fuel from tourist boats.
With an area equivalent to five football fields, around 1,500 Gunas live crammed together on the
island.
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'In 10 years we may cease to exist': rising seas and influx of tourists threaten to engulf Panama island. The Guna community.
The Guna community has fought for survival for centuries. But modern threats are testing their cultural resilience.
The Guna Yala islands are one of Central America's most exposed maritime zones in the path of climatic phenomena. Their inhabitants face rising sea levels due to the climate crisis, and pollution such as plastic waste and fuel from tourist boats.
On the island of Carti, the most populated of the archipelago, there is no waste management system. Everything is thrown into the sea and contaminates the banks. The inhabitants live in unsanitary conditions, which leads to viruses or diseases, such as dengue fever.
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'In 10 years we may cease to exist': rising seas and influx of tourists threaten to engulf Panama island. The Guna community.
The Guna community has fought for survival for centuries. But modern threats are testing their cultural resilience.
The Guna Yala islands are one of Central America's most exposed maritime zones in the path of climatic phenomena. Their inhabitants face rising sea levels due to the climate crisis, and pollution such as plastic waste and fuel from tourist boats.
A guna makes fake wooden guns for the children of the island to play in the battle against the conquistadors.
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'In 10 years we may cease to exist': rising seas and influx of tourists threaten to engulf Panama island. The Guna community.
The Guna community has fought for survival for centuries. But modern threats are testing their cultural resilience.
The Guna Yala islands are one of Central America's most exposed maritime zones in the path of climatic phenomena. Their inhabitants face rising sea levels due to the climate crisis, and pollution such as plastic waste and fuel from tourist boats.
Guna women preparing a dish based on banana puree.
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'In 10 years we may cease to exist': rising seas and influx of tourists threaten to engulf Panama island. The Guna community.
The Guna community has fought for survival for centuries. But modern threats are testing their cultural resilience.
The Guna Yala islands are one of Central America's most exposed maritime zones in the path of climatic phenomena. Their inhabitants face rising sea levels due to the climate crisis, and pollution such as plastic waste and fuel from tourist boats.
Nelson Mogran, 59, is the head of the island's Guna community
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'In 10 years we may cease to exist': rising seas and influx of tourists threaten to engulf Panama island. The Guna community.
The Guna community has fought for survival for centuries. But modern threats are testing their cultural resilience.
The Guna Yala islands are one of Central America's most exposed maritime zones in the path of climatic phenomena. Their inhabitants face rising sea levels due to the climate crisis, and pollution such as plastic waste and fuel from tourist boats.
Guna teenagers reenact a battle during colonization by conquistadors in the 16th century.
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'In 10 years we may cease to exist': rising seas and influx of tourists threaten to engulf Panama island. The Guna community.
The Guna community has fought for survival for centuries. But modern threats are testing their cultural resilience.
The Guna Yala islands are one of Central America's most exposed maritime zones in the path of climatic phenomena. Their inhabitants face rising sea levels due to the climate crisis, and pollution such as plastic waste and fuel from tourist boats.
Inick Chiari and his family have chosen to leave the archipelago for the continent.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
MICHELLE BUCKLY , who organises the Swim Blast sunset sea swimming group, on the beach in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
MICHELLE BUCKLY , who organises the Swim Blast sunset sea swimming group, on the beach in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
MICHELLE BUCKLY , who organises the Swim Blast sunset sea swimming group, on the beach in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
MICHELLE BUCKLY , who organises the Swim Blast sunset sea swimming group, on the beach in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
MICHELLE BUCKLY , who organises the Swim Blast sunset sea swimming group, on the beach in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
MICHELLE BUCKLY , who organises the Swim Blast sunset sea swimming group, on the beach in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
MICHELLE BUCKLY , who organises the Swim Blast sunset sea swimming group, on the beach in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
MICHELLE BUCKLY , who organises the Swim Blast sunset sea swimming group, on the beach in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Swimmers from various sea swimming groups , including Swim Blast, M.A.L.L.O.W.S, Lytham Dippers and Cleveleys Crazies sit on the beach in Blackpool at sunset . The group would normally take an evening swim but Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Swimmers from various sea swimming groups , including Swim Blast, M.A.L.L.O.W.S, Lytham Dippers and Cleveleys Crazies sit on the beach in Blackpool at sunset . The group would normally take an evening swim but Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Swimmers from various sea swimming groups , including Swim Blast, M.A.L.L.O.W.S, Lytham Dippers and Cleveleys Crazies sit on the beach in Blackpool at sunset . The group would normally take an evening swim but Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Swimmers from various sea swimming groups , including Swim Blast, M.A.L.L.O.W.S, Lytham Dippers and Cleveleys Crazies sit on the beach in Blackpool at sunset . The group would normally take an evening swim but Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
People on the beach and in the sea in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
People on the beach and in the sea in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
People on the beach and in the sea in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
People on the beach and in the sea in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
People on the beach and in the sea in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
People on the beach and in the sea in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
People on the beach and in the sea in Blackpool . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Lancashire, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Windfarm as seen from the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Windfarm as seen from the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Warning signs on the beach at Scarborough, north Yorkshire where the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
People stroll in the sea in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. The water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
People stroll in the water in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. The water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
A man and child make their way to the sea in Scarborough, north Yorkshire where the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Sun worshippers on the beach in Scarborough, north Yorkshire where the water is unsafe, the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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