What we pick up on the beaches

Sir, – On our daily walk on Rathmullan-Kinnegar beaches, my husband and I try to do a beach-clean.

I never cease to be amazed at what we pick up .

Number one on the list are baby wipes, followed closely by shiny foil-like wrappers from ice cream, crisps and chocolate bars, none of which are recyclable.

Where are the days gone when children’s face and hands were washed with a soap and a cloth and there was a special towel used only for drying babies’ bums after they had been washed in the sink?

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Our love affair with wipes really needs to be seriously addressed and their make up clearly labelled by their manufacturers. – Yours,

EILEEN

BANNAN,

Letterkenny,

Co Donegal.