Volunteers warn discarded items such as rope and fishing gear pose a threat to marine and wildlife.
Volunteers filled hundreds of bags with rubbish and found items including tyres and shopping trolleys
More than 45 litter picks were organised by Durham Wildlife Trust and conservation scheme Seascapes at sites in Teesside, South Tyneside and Sunderland. The trust said it was "frustrating" that so much waste was clogging up beaches but it had been delighted to recruit 600 volunteers.Volunteers were recruited from schools, colleges, universities, women's institute groups and businesses."If this litter wasn't collected, it would end up back in the sea and potentially cause injury or even death to marine mammals, birds and other wildlife.
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