Five tonnes of marine litter was removed from Kerry beaches recently as part of the Big Beach Clean.
31 groups, made up of 840 volunteers, undertook clean ups in a number of beaches around Kerry.
Among the items removed from Banna beach were a mattress, lobster crates and the contents of a compost bin.
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The Big Beach Clean is part of the International Coastal Clean-up organised by the Ocean Conservancy and sees communities come together at the end of the bathing season.
Maharees Conservation Association hosted a Big Beach Clean clean-up, , getting over 6km of their beaches cleaned as part of the event, at least 22 volunteers collecting at least 15 full bags and some large unbaggable items.
