{"id":6218,"date":"2016-09-14T10:27:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T09:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/?p=6218"},"modified":"2016-09-14T10:27:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T09:27:32","slug":"dont-forget-this-weekends-great-british-beach-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2016\/09\/14\/dont-forget-this-weekends-great-british-beach-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t forget this weekend&#8217;s Great British Beach Clean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/09\/Clean-up-MS-colleagues2-Feb16.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6220 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/09\/Clean-up-MS-colleagues2-Feb16-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"Beach cleaning\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/09\/Clean-up-MS-colleagues2-Feb16-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/09\/Clean-up-MS-colleagues2-Feb16.jpg 282w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 189px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 189\/300;\" \/><\/a>Don&#8217;t forget\u00a0this weekend &#8211; the 16th \u2013 19th September &#8211; is\u00a0Great British Beach Clean weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Organised by the 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t forget\u00a0this weekend &#8211; the 16th \u2013 19th September &#8211; is\u00a0Great British Beach Clean weekend! Organised by the 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? Their website also has lots&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[144],"class_list":["post-6218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collaboration","category-marine-news-from-other-organisations","tag-beach"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Don&#039;t forget this weekend&#039;s Great British Beach Clean - Marine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2016\/09\/14\/dont-forget-this-weekends-great-british-beach-clean\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don&#039;t forget this weekend&#039;s Great British Beach Clean - Marine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Don&#8217;t forget\u00a0this weekend &#8211; the 16th \u2013 19th September &#8211; is\u00a0Great British Beach Clean weekend! 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