'Abandoned beach litter took us two days to clear'

'Abandoned beach litter took us two days to clear'Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleTom WalkerandJenny Coleman,MerseysideBBCSteve Taylor says there were "massive volumes of litter" discarded in the townTents, towels, wet wipes and children's clothing were among hundreds of items left behind by people who visited a Wirral beach, volunteers have said.They said it took them more than two days to clear New Brighton beach after thousands visited the resort on bank holiday Monday.Steve Taylor, of community group The New Brighteners, said bins had been left overflowing and urged people to be more responsible. "It was the worst I've seen for some time," he said. "Massive volumes of litter, tents, towels, clothes, a gazebo frame, bottles, cans, millions of wet wipes and endless beach toys were abandoned on the sand."Wirral Council, which manages the town's bins, has been asked for comment.The New BrightenersVolunteers say they worked across two days to clear the rubbishThere are five large bins at Fort Perch Rock car park but they did not have the capacity to deal with the litter and street bins filled up quickly and were left overflowing."The great majority of people will dispose of the rubbish in a considerate way," Taylor said, "but it gets to a point on weekends like we just had, where it is simply in quantities beyond the capacity of all our volunteers to deal with it."It is just becoming ridiculous."The New BrightenersVisitors have been urged to be more responsible about dumping litterVisitors and local businesses agreed it was "up to everyone" to keep the beach clean and be responsible for their own litter."If we want to go to nice places, we've got to keep them clean," Harry, who was visiting the beach for the day from Runcorn, said."Its pure laziness at the end of the day," said fellow beach-goer Deb.Jo, who was visiting the beach with her youn...