Plastic in particular is a threat to the ecosystem. The clean beach runners set off this weekend, because after a tropical day the beach is strewn with cans, packaging, pampers, broken chairs, air mattresses …
“I think we’ll have picked up something of a 600 liters today. That’s quite a lot,” said Tiemen. Despite campaigns and memories, the volunteers see no progress on the beach. “The hope in general always looks the same. Every season again. We have not seen real improvement, unfortunately,” says Klaas Vanhecke.