In order to save the environment, everybody has a role to play. The perfect1 of someone who knows this well enough is a 70-year-old grandmother, Pat Smith. 2 with bags, rubber gloves and a rubbish picker, she spent an entire year 3 rubbish and caring for 52 British beaches after she made it her 2018 New Year's resolution to4 one beach each week. She5 spent her Christmas Day picking up plastic bottles on Trevone Beach.
During her year-long cleanup, Smith was often 6 by other volunteers, including her grandchildren, who were determined to help her tidy up beach rubbish. However, some people often 7 Smith for doing community service, and to this, she said: "people don't understand I've been doing this 8 . We should all take responsibility for picking up the rubbish as well as9 we don't drop rubbish in the first place. "
The environmentally conscious granny has no intention of 10 just because 2018 was over. "Cleaning 52 beaches in 2018 was my New Year's Resolution and it's finally11 , "said Smith. "I won't stop, as our beaches 12 me. I'm driven to try and protect our13 for my children and grand children and I will14 doing everything in my power to achieve that. I hope my efforts will help people be more 15 of their plastic consumption and recycling habits. "