MORE than 50 volunteers turned out to help clean up the storm-damaged Cefn Sidan beach.
Over 100 bags of rubbish were collected in just a couple of hours and a skip was filled full of debris that had been washed up on the beach in the New Year storms.
Up to 90mph winds together and high tides battered the Blue Flag beach bringing with it lots of rubbish from general litter to larger items such as fishing nets, plastic drums, trees and even old bits of old boats.
Pembrey Country Park rangers teamed up with Tidy Towns and Keep Wales Tidy to organise the big post-storm clean-up.
Volunteers included pupils from Ysgol Glan Y Mor in Burry Port, staff from Barclays Bank, the Probation Service, Llanelli Young Offenders, members of Porth Tywyn Kayakers, Danybanc and Llundain Fach Residents Group as well as many other local residents.
As much as possible of the rubbish collected will be recycled.
Executive Board Member for Regeneration and Leisure Councillor Meryl Gravell said: “We were astounded by the number of volunteers that gave up their free time to help clean up the beach, particularly as it was quite cold and windy.
“They did a really good job, removing a large amount of rubbish which will make a big difference and I would like to thank each and every one of them.”
Tidy Towns is a Welsh Government-funded initiative delivered in partnership by Carmarthenshire County Council and Keep Wales Tidy. The aim is to encourage and support communities to improve the quality of their local environment.
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