20 Sep, 2018 @ 15:11
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Volunteers remove more than 22,000 cigarette butts from Costa del Sol beach in Spain

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IMPRESSIVE: Haul of cigarette butts
IMPRESSIVE: Haul of cigarette butts

DEDICATED volunteers have picked up an amazing 22,500 cigarettes from a Costa del Sol beach. 

The amazing haul was removed from La Linea’s shoreline during World Clean Up Day at the weekend.

Cadiz-based green group Ecologistas en Accion shared a photo of the butts which were collected using empty water bottles.

“One butt contaminates eight litres of water,” the group said on Facebook.

“22,500 cigarette butts collected in three hours at La Linea de la Concepcion on the streets and beaches.

“We have avoided contaminating 180,000 litres of water.

“Do not forget that we need water to live!”

The group, based in the Campo de Gibraltar, had a message for smokers.

“Do not throw your butts to the ground, don’t pollute, use bins and ashtrays!”

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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