Busua beach cleanup pulls a record 1.2 tonnes from the shoreline

The largest single-day cleanup ever organised at Busua beach wrapped up at noon on Saturday with 1,212 kilograms of waste removed from the shoreline.

Organiser Ato Quayson said the haul confirms what fishermen have said for years: "The tide brings the plastic right back every dry season. We can keep cleaning, but the real fix is stopping it upstream."

The cleanup is now slated to run every two months until the end of the year.