BUNDLES of plastic pipe have been washing up along the South West coast after a ship lost a number of its containers out in the Atlantic.

Goods from inside the containers have been washing up in Cornwall and Devon, and have now reached the Somerset coastline after a bundle was discovered at Burnham-on-Sea.

The company who lost the items overboard from a shipping container are doing everything they can to find and remove these polypipe coils in a safe manner.

A spokesman for the Burnham Coastguard Rescue Team said: "We are always happy to ensure these things go safely and it made sense to escort their removal vehicle along the very changeable beach."

Watchet Coastguard shared the photo, asking anyone who comes across these coils of plastic pipe to report it.

A Watchet Coastguard spokesman added: "Please remember wreckage from ships etc belong to someone and so there is a legal requirement to report it, and not remove it."

Makers Pipelife UK said it would "collect the coils as quickly as possible" for recycling.

The piping was on a ship en route to Holland when it was hit by gale force winds during Storm Dennis, according to the firm.