Clean-up operations in the bay of Saint-Brieuc

The health crisis had halted clean-up operations.

The volunteers were however able to put on their boots again to clean up the nature reserve of the bay of Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d'Armor) this Tuesday, reports

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The operation took place in the salt meadows of Langueux.

Armed with gloves, buckets and garbage bags, 45 volunteers collected 102 kg of waste.

One-day cleaners are ordinary citizens, accustomed to this type of collection.

Some are involved in associations such as Greenpeace, VivArmor Nature or Adalea.

Among the waste, a lot of plastic likely to end up in the stomachs of fish and animals.

Plastic, cotton swabs and Tahitian skirts

The volunteers also recovered cotton swabs, shards of glass, tires, pieces of wood, silted ropes, floats and even Tahitian skirts.

These are the plastic strips that mussel growers use to protect mussel piles.

Other cleaning operations on the beaches of the bay are planned until the end of June.

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