Here's how to get involved in the Big Beach Clean 2024 

It's coming up in September and you can register now to get the equipment and info you'll need to join in

Registrations for the Big Beach Clean 2024, supported by Kia Ireland, are now open. Pictured left to right: Liane Costello, Clean Coasts’ Biodiversity Officer, Agnese Santoro, Clean Coasts’ communication officer, Sinead Keogh, Clean Coasts’ coastal programmes officer, Ciara Kenny, Scarlett Kenny, Aubrey Kenny, Bronagh Moore, Clean Coasts’ coastal communities manager and Cathal Kealey, head of marketing and PR at Kia Ireland. Photo: Naoise Culhane

It hasn’t been ideal beach weather and crowds at the seaside have been much smaller than in other years. But littering still happens and the annual, mammoth coastal clean-up will take place next month.

As the summer of 2023 was also poor, with beaches attracting far fewer numbers than normal, you might reasonably expect the majority to be virtually litter-free. Sadly, that does not reflect the state of our coastal environment, an Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey finds.