Intertek Metoc supports community beach clean efforts

14 Oct 2024

In September, Intertek Metoc, our pioneering energy and water solutions business, teamed up with Brighton & Hove City Council and the Marine Conservation Society UK (‘MCSUK’) to help clean Brighton beach in the UK.

Brighton is home to a variety of biodiversity, including rare leeks that grow on the shingle beaches and short-snouted seahorses in the reefs off the marina. It is also a popular destination for both locals and visitors. To protect this biodiversity and maintain a clean city, Brighton & Hove City Council provides beach cleaning tools as part of its well-established TidyUp scheme.

Our Intertek Metoc colleagues worked with the council and MCSUK to organise a beach clean event and, along a 100-metre stretch of the beach, participated in a marine litter survey to categorise the types of rubbish they found. Their findings were uploaded to MCSUK's database to feed into further research and environmental campaigns supporting long-term sustainability aims.