Abbey Heston from Newquay Beach Care discusses how the polystyrene bodyboards will be recycled

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00:00Hiya, my name's Abby and I run Nookie Beach Care here in Nookie so we clean

00:04all the beaches, create litter picking and positive vibes around Nookie's

00:10beaches. We work with the local schools which is what we're doing today by

00:13breaking down these polystyrene bodyboards that one is very dangerous

00:18for children to use but is also harming our environment on a massive scale. So

00:23we've collected them over the summer and we are now breaking them down as a big

00:26team here at Nookie Junior Academy and we're going to recycle all the different

00:30types of plastic. The main plastic that's used is polystyrene, it's EPS polystyrene

00:35so expanded polystyrene that breaks down into tiny balls and fish in the ocean

00:40and all other microorganisms will also consume them as they break down. So the

00:45kids are breaking them up, the polystyrene will be used in packaging and building

00:49blocks and the nylon covers will be given to schools and other community groups to

00:54make art.