Coastal vegetation is trapping huge amounts of waste, so it’s time for us to take the next step and clean up our beaches! Be a part of the plastic pollution solution today by enjoying your beaches responsibly.

Today, the von der Heyden lab visited Kogel Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa. This is a gorgeous beach that is popular with visitors, however just behind the beach the vegetation is a tangled mess of human trash. Watch the video below to see how bad some of the vegetation looked!