Living on an Island you would have thought it was common sense that everything that goes down the loo will eventually pop up on one of our beautiful beaches, so with the help of the Beach Buddies and Friends of the Earth we need to make sure this problem stops.
If this problem continues maybe a re-think is needed to stop the sewage ending up on our beaches in the first place!
A grim discovery was made during the latest Beach Buddies cleaning event in Ramsey.
Volunteers collected more than 7,000 sanitary items, including tampons, baby wipes and cotton-wool buds.
Teaming up with Isle of Man Friends of the Earth, the charity organisation has issued what it called a 'polite reminder' to residents to stop flushing the items down the toilet.
