So happy to be back home in Biarritz after such a long trip! We came home to stormy weather and dramatic tides so of course I hit the beach today for a little beach-combing session. The beaches were covered with trash and I found 214 plastic cotton bud / Q-tip sticks, just today!! Picked them up from Port des Pêcheurs all the way to Plage du Miramar, and there’s still more out there… it makes me sick. We should all make a resolution for 2018 to not use these single-use plastic sticks to clean our ears, remove makeup, etc. ! We have the power to vote with our dollars (or euros, or whatever currency) and if we all buy the cotton buds with paper / cardboard sticks instead of the plastic ones, it will make a huge difference, especially for our beaches and oceans! Check out my story on @seaandgather to see what else I found today! (And I’ll photograph all my New York finds and share those soon, too!) #biarritz #beachcombing #qtips #cottonbuds #cleanyobeach #beachclean #beachplastic #beachtrash #2minutebeachclean #takethreeforthesea #oceaninitiatives #cleanyobeachbeaches #beccalovesbeachcleaning

So happy to be back home in Biarritz after such a long trip! We came home to stormy weather and dramatic tides so of course I hit the beach today for a little beach-combing session. The beaches were covered with trash and I found 214 plastic cotton bud / Q-tip sticks, just today!! Picked them up from Port des Pêcheurs all the way to Plage du Miramar, and there’s still more out there... it makes me sick. We should all make a resolution for 2018 to not use these single-use plastic sticks to clean our ears, remove makeup, etc. ! We have the power to vote with our dollars (or euros, or whatever currency) and if we all buy the cotton buds with paper / cardboard sticks instead of the plastic ones, it will make a huge difference, especially for our beaches and oceans! Check out my story on @seaandgather to see what else I found today! (And I’ll photograph all my New York finds and share those soon, too!) #biarritz #beachcombing #qtips #cottonbuds #cleanyobeach #beachclean #beachplastic #beachtrash #2minutebeachclean #takethreeforthesea #oceaninitiatives #cleanyobeachbeaches #beccalovesbeachcleaning