The amount of litter on beaches this year is less in comparison to previous years, people across the Channel Islands have said.
A number of beach cleaning boards were set up at eight locations across Jersey in August. They were designed to encourage people to pick up their rubbish.
Michel Bougeard, St Brelade Chef de Police, said there was still more that needed to be done to improve the situation.
He said: "If we caught somebody littering we would issue a fine. They would be reported, no two ways about it."
He added: "If we see somebody having a picnic we normally tell them to make sure they take their litter away but without breathing down people's necks all the time you're never going to solve the problem."
Vittorio Macari, who works for deckchair rental company Sunnyside Beach in St Brelade, Jersey, said he had noticed improvements in the amount of litter on the beach.
He said: "Coming down in the morning you get the odd bits but apart from that there's been a huge improvement in how much litter is actually on the beach.
"I think people have really started to take responsibility and obviously having the litter-picking machine down here is providing incentives for people to come down and clean up after themselves."
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