School pupils have helped deconstruct dozens of the discarded and broken polystyrene bodyboards for them to be safely recycled.
More than 40 children at Newquay Junior Academy and volunteers took part in the workshop called Bodyboard Breakdown.
Karl Fice-Thomson, who runs rockpool tours, said about 17,000 bodyboards had been collected from beaches in Newquay in 2024.
“When I’m shining my UV torch in the rockpools, I’m seeing all the remnants of these little polystyrene balls absolutely everywhere,” he said.