Mr Jones told BBC Radio Sussex: “Two weeks ago I looked out of my kitchen window and there was something floating in the sea… it turned out to be a container.
“A couple of hours later it was smashing itself against the sea wall at the end of the garden. It’s gradually dissolved into really big pieces.”
He added that cleaning up other beaches had been slightly easier because of better access.
“I don’t know what they’re going to do here… but [the volunteers and contractors] are doing a fantastic job,” he said.
The clean up operation had “pulled the community together… it’s been a fantastic team spirit,” said Mr Jones.