Cornwall beaches are covered with thousands of pink detergent bottles. Some of these bottles are also leaking. Volunteers from the National Trust who helped clean up the mess claim that most bottles were sealed. However, some of them are leaking. It is not known what effect the corrosive liquid may have on the beaches and wildlife in the area of Mount’s Bay, Gunwalloe and Loe Bar. Vanish is a stain-removal product that has caustic qualities. The containers in pink plastic appear not to have been labeled. It can burn and corrode organic tissues by chemical action. They are believed to have come from an ocean-going ship in the wake of recent storms. They are still being collected after they were found on one beach with 3 ,000 containers. Poldhu Beach Watcher tweets “Apparently from an overboard container near Land’s End. Cornwall County Council posted on Facebook that they are still investigating the source of these bottles. The container containing “Vanish” bottles that was lost by the MV BLUE OCEAN was not found. However, the Council advises people to ensure their pets and children are safe from any bottles. It stated that it was not possible to retrieve the bottles. BBC News quoted Justin Whitehouse, National Trust marine environmental specialist as saying that the main concern is detergent entering our marine environment. However, most of them are filled. It’s likely a container from a shipping container, which was in stormy waters. Lizard National Trust commented that “Well Poldhu has created a media frenzy with its tide of pink bottles!” Justin, our lead ranger and Alan, the Friends of Poldhu coordinator, have had a busy day of interviews on radio and television. We’ll get through it all, but we’re not done yet. 27 tonnes of pink bottles that look similar to Vanish bottles were believed to have been washed into the ocean by a Storm off Land’s End. Gunwalloe and Poldhu Cove have seen the bottles. Friends of Poldhu members who first noticed the brightly colored bottles were on the beaches thanked everyone who assisted with cleaning up. Friends of Poldhu stated that although the bottles could be removed, the true environmental catastrophe is the pulverized plastic lines left at each tide. Locals claim that even after clearing out more than three ,000 plastic bottles at Poldhu Beach the bright pink containers continue to come in, despite being cleared. Volunteers from Lizard National Trust clean up Poldhu Cove’s beach. Image: Lizard National Trust. Alan Noble from Friends of Poldhu told Pirate FM that plastic poses a danger to everyone, even humans. You only have to glance at the beaches and see the hundreds of tiny pieces of plastic. They have not leaked and most of the bottles are sealed. Ross Hocking of Poldhu Beach Cafe stated that about 3000 bottles were washed up at the beach in the past 24 hours. More are being added every hour. Graeme Wilkinson posted the above picture and tweeted the following comment “The pink tide continues: more bottles washed up Polurrian, Poldhu, Gunwalloe and Porthleven.” (Image: twitter.com/Graemewilki) In an interview with Western Morning News, Hocking said: “I think they will be coming in for months. It will take a while before they completely stop coming in, given the current winds and tides. They must have been on a container ship. The National Trust is looking to find out where exactly they came from. They are detergent-like pink bottles that are not branded. Each minute, more people are coming forward. Although it’s annoying, many people are helping. Everyday we get trash, the majority of it marine debris. But this year’s amount is some of the most severe. Reckitt Benckiser is the maker of Vanish. It has many well-known brands. Vanish producers investigate Reckitt Benckiser Group plc is a British multinational consumer products company. It’s based in Slough and makes Vanish. The maker of Vanish says that it launched an investigation into whether pink bottles washed up on Cornwall beaches were its products. Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, a British multinational consumer goods company, has launched an investigation into the pink bottles that were found washed up on beaches across Cornwall. BBC News reports that a Reckitt Benckiser spokeswoman said that the bottles were part of a lost shipment. “We are looking closely at this matter.”
