Swedish coastline gets cleaned up

The western landscape dominated by over 3,000 islands and 5,000 skerries is increasingly fouled by washed up garbage. 

  • Bohuslän’s coast as presented on CNN’s list of the world’s ten last great wilderness areas.
  • 8,000 cubic meters of rubbish wash up on the beaches of Bohuslän each year.

  • The landscape of Bohuslän is dominated by the over 3,000 islands and 5,000 skerries along the coastline. Image: Roger Borgelid/Nordic Reach, issue 52
  • In an attempt to create public awareness and support, a large group of politicians and civil servants from the 11 municipalities located along the Bohuslan coastline have come together to pick up trash.

  • The Ren och Attraktiv Kust project is hoped to help tackle the overwhelming amount of garbage that washes along the coastline, which does not originate in Sweden, but rather is washed onto shores from the currents in the North Sea. Click the link to learn more about efforts to keep the Swedish coastline clean (http://renkust.se/ )