{"id":6199,"date":"2016-09-06T16:05:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T15:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/?p=6199"},"modified":"2016-09-06T16:05:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T15:05:26","slug":"great-british-beach-clean-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2016\/09\/06\/great-british-beach-clean-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Great British Beach Clean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/01\/Two-bags-full-of-rubbish.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6085 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/01\/Two-bags-full-of-rubbish-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Bags of litter\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/01\/Two-bags-full-of-rubbish-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/01\/Two-bags-full-of-rubbish.jpg 314w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/224;\" \/><\/a>Over the weekend of the 16th &#8211; 19th September,\u00a0the Marine Conservation Society are organising their annual beach cleans all over the country.<\/p>\n<p>If you fancy getting involved, why not check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcsuk.org\/beachwatch\/events\">their website<\/a> and see if there\u2019s one happening near you? Their website also has lots of information about to what to expect on the day and\u00a0what to take with you to make it a fun day out\u00a0for all the family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcsuk.org\/beachwatch\/volunteers\">Marine Conservation Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/category\/marine-litter\/\">Beach cleans round Torry Battery in Aberdeen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend of the 16th &#8211; 19th September,\u00a0the Marine Conservation Society are organising their annual beach cleans all over the country. If you fancy getting involved, why not check out their website and see if there\u2019s one happening near you? 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