Over 560 volunteers remove 3.4 tonnes of litter from Waterford beaches
Tramore Tidy Towns pictured during the Big Beach Clean 2025.
An Taisce's Clean Coasts Big Beach Clean 2025 saw more than 560 volunteers from over 30 groups remove an estimated 3.4 tonnes of marine litter with clean-ups taking place in locations across County Waterford.
Among them, Coiste Maisithe na Rinne - Ring Peninsula Community Group took to the beaches of the Waterford Gaeltacht - the Cunnigar, Poll a’ Phúca, Ballinagoul and Helvick - keeping them clean and tidy for all to enjoy.
Tramore Tidy Towns combined their annual Vitamin Sea Festival with a Big Beach Clean at Tramore Beach on Sunday, September 21, with volunteers coming out in force to keep Tramore clean. Multiple bags of litter were removed, along with larger items such as a wooden pallet.
Reports suggest that approximately 80% of marine litter comes from land-based activities and litter dropped in towns and cities ends up in our seas and oceans.
