10,000 volunteers in 500 locations around the country will take part in the world’s largest coastal clean-up over the weekend.
Last year over 400 clean-ups were organised, with volunteers removing 42 tonnes of marine litter from the Irish coastline.
The Big Beach Clean is also part of a worldwide citizen science project, which entails collating the amount and types of litter on Irish beaches.
25 clean-ups are taking place in Donegal including in Bundoran, Rossnowlagh, Rathmullan, Buncrana and Culdaff.
An Taisce’s Sinead McCoy says plastic and debris from fishing boats accounts for most of the litter:
Check out where the clean-ups are taking place in Donegal here.
