Newfoundland Lobster Tags From the 1980s Among Plastic Trash Washing up in Scotland

David Warner is shown on Feb. 20 in Scotland. Warner is seen holding up two plastic lobster tags stamped with "NFLD." and dated 1988 and 1989, which were found washed up on a beach on Sanday, an island in the Orkney archipelago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout -  Jake Ghaleb Mandatory Credit

Lobster tags from Newfoundland dating back to the 1980s are among the piles of plastic trash that has washed up this year on Sanday, an island in the Scottish Orkney archipelago known for its pristine white sandy beaches.

David Warner organizes regular beach cleanups on the island, which is on the northeast side of the remote archipelago. Recent storms and high seas have eroded the dunes on the Howar Sands beach, revealing vast troughs of decades-old plastic bottles and other detritus, he said.