'Take it home' plea as 34 bags of rubbish are removed from Ingoldmells beach

A beach clean organised by BeachCare and the Lincolnshire Coastal BID along a privately owned beach at Ingoldmells was cancelled, but members of the team who turned up still collected 34 bags of rubbish.

A plea has been made for visitors to take their rubbish home after 34 bags of rubbish were removed from a private beach in Ingoldmells - in spite of a community clean-up being cancelled.

Local community programme, BeachCare, had joined up with the Lincolnshire Coastal BID to organise a beach clean to help alleviate the continuing problem of rubbish being left behind on the promenade of a privately owned beach at Ingoldmells Point.

Due to Covid-related circumstances which were out of Keep Britain Tidy’s control, the event on Friday was cancelled.

However, members of the Lincolnshire Coastal BID team still turned up in case news of the cancellation did not reach everyone and while they were there they got busy helping to clear up.

Rubbish left on the promenade at Ingoldmells Point.

The event was due to start from Bibby's Beach Bar & Grill, which owns that stretch of promenade and beach and has in the past been awarded Blue Flag status.

One of the owners, Bradley Bibby, told the Standard the business spent £25,000 a year employing two full-time members of staff to keep the promenade and beach litter free and to pay Sid Dennis & Sons Ltd to remove te rubbish collected.

However, with the increased volume of visitors due to the pandemic and people taking staycations, they have been working on average from 8am to 8pm every day - and the litter has still been building up.