Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Nature
Boskalis Cleunup Beach Tour
clean-up
Friesland
Frisian Island
littering
Marchien de Ruiter
Marchien Rider
Nationale Postcode Lotterij
North Sea
North Sea Foundations
plastic
Pollution
Royal Boskalis Westminster
Schiermonnikoog
tourism
trash
volunteer
Waste
Zeeland
Monday, 1 September 2014 - 14:19
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Volunteers remove 20,000kg of trash from North Sea beaches

Nearly 1,500 volunteers took to North Sea beaches throughout August, cleaning up over 20,000 kilograms of trash left in the sand. Dubbed the "Boskalis Cleanup Beach Tour," the initiative scooped up three times more garbage then last year's effort. Bags were filled with everything from fishing nets and hooks, to balloons, ribbons, toothbrushes and decorative pieces of plastic. On tourist beaches, volunteers collected a large amount of drink and snack containers, as well as plastic bags and cigarette butts. "We are committed to a sustainable environment, a cleaner North Sea and the protection of marine life,” said volunteer Marchien de Ruiter. in an interview with the Utrecht Internet Courant. “In consultation with its users - fishing, shipping and tourism - we try to ensure that future generations can also enjoy the North Sea”. Volunteers cleared the 350 kilometer stretch of coast line starting with Cadzand in the southern province of Zeeland, on up to the Frisian island Schiermonnikoog in the north. The 31-day cleanup tour was organized by the North Sea Foundation with funding from maritime infrastructure firm Royal Boskalis Westminster and the Nationale Postcode Lotterij.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Heat protocol activated on Dutch roads; Keep extra water, shade in the car, experts say
  • Tata Steel director belongs in jail, lawyer says in first lawsuit against big polluters
  • Painting stolen from Italian museum over 60 years ago found at Zeeland auction
  • Many households see monthly energy bills fall by 14 percent
  • EU asylum deal a "building block" to reduce influx to Netherlands, State Sec. says
  • Extra public transport to beaches this weekend as summer weather hits

Top stories

  • Many households see monthly energy bills fall by 14 percent
  • EU asylum deal a "building block" to reduce influx to Netherlands, State Sec. says
  • Extra public transport to beaches this weekend as summer weather hits
  • Dutch child among six stabbed in random attack on playground in Annecy, France
  • Night train to Amsterdam, Hamburg evacuated after fire breaks out in Austria tunnel
  • Netherlands residents much more worried about their financial position

© 2012-2023, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content