A woman has shared her disgust at the state of her local beach following an increase in visits during the hot weather.
Victoria Lee, from Ogmore-by-Sea, was out for a morning dog walk when she came across the mess left at the beach. Abandoned there were glass bottles, cans, used disposable barbecues and other plastic waste.
She added how barbecues were seen half-buried in the sand, which could have disastrous consequences if someone stepped on them. One boy's foot was said to have 'melted like wax' when he stepped on hot sand where a disposable barbecue had been earlier this summer. You can read about that here.
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She explained: "There were glass bottles everywhere, waiting for the tide to come in and break them up ready to tear apart some child's foot. There were also barbecues half-buried in the sand and fires still burning."
Additionally, she noticed, "clearly still inebriated youngsters sleeping on the rocks".
The reports come just two days after fire crews were called to Porthcawl seafront after a bin was set on fire by a disposable barbecue.
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Victoria added: "It seems no-one wants to take responsibility for their actions anymore, and it's heartbreaking to see. I know if I or my partner had done that as teenagers - my partner grew up in Ogmore, I grew up in Newton - we would have been marched back down there by our parents handmade to clean it all up."
Ward councillor Stewart T. Edwards said: "Leaving rubbish around our lovely coastline and beauty spots is unfortunately quite common recently and the Vale Council have a team dedicated to collecting this as and when informed.
"Rubbish at the Rivermouth Car park in Ogmore is collected daily and extra capacity through the summer months is provided, but unfortunately some visitors have little respect for our lovely area."
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