Local volunteers helped to make a practical difference to their local beach by removing rubbish from a 550 metre stretch of the beach.
Rubbish from a 100 metre stretch of the beach was recorded, so that the main sources of the litter could be identified.
MCS will use the survey results from this and the hundreds of other surveys that were carried out over the same weekend, to tackle the sources of beach litter at the national level.
The beach litter survey recorded a total of 1194 items.
The five most common litter items recorded on the day were plastic cable ties, angler's fishing line, fishing rope, small, plastic pieces and pieces of clothing.
All together 29 plastic refuse bags of litter and over half a tonne of other rubbish was collected from Partanhall, Lower Burnmouth, Cowdrait, and Ross.
Unusual items found included a wheel barrow frame, a two metre scaffold pole, three golf balls and part of a wooden boat.
The survey showed that the major source of the beach litter was washed ashore from the fishing industry.
MCS Beachwatch, the flagship event of the MCS Adopt-a-Beach project, took place over the weekend on beaches all over the UK.
Data recorded at each survey has been sent to the MCS to identify the quantities and sources of marine and beach litter.
MCS will use these results at a national level to campaign against the sources of litter and publish the results in the National Beachwatch report in Spring 2009.
MCS Beachwatch and Adopt-a-Beach are sponsored by the Crown Estate.
For more information about the MCS litter projects and what can be done to help reduce beach litter please contact the Marine Conservation Society directly on 01989 567807.