1.0Rural and Environmenthttps://blogs.gov.scot/rural-environmentRoseanna Cunninghamhttps://blogs.gov.scot/rural-environment/author/roseannacunningham/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HyfIPdOZwT"><a href="https://blogs.gov.scot/rural-environment/2018/11/29/in-the-news-marine-litter/">In the news: Marine litter</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.gov.scot/rural-environment/2018/11/29/in-the-news-marine-litter/embed/#?secret=HyfIPdOZwT" width="600" height="338" title="“In the news: Marine litter” — Rural and Environment" data-secret="HyfIPdOZwT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blogs.gov.scot/rural-environment/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> This morning the Marine Conservation Society published its 25th Great British Beach Clean – a mass participation beach clean and survey event – that found there’s more litter on Scottish beaches than last year. The beach clean, which took place in September, saw volunteers remove 2,503kg of litter from Scottish beaches. In total, more than 75,000 items were picked up along the 15,680 meters of surveyed coastline, and found that cotton bud sticks at their highest level for eight years.https://blogs.gov.scot/rural-environment/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2018/11/27852722939_07c06f68b4_z.jpg640582