Standard Bank Staff Return to Support Beach Buddies Clean-Ups This July

Staff from Standard Bank are again giving up their time to support a series of Beach Buddies midweek beach cleaning events this July.

Teams of the bank’s staff have supported Beach Buddies for a number of years and this year they will again take part in clean up events throughout the month.

The teams of staff are given time off work to take part in events at a choice of venues, including not just beaches, but also glens, plantations, parks and footpaths all over the Island.

Beach Buddies provides all the equipment and has full public liability insurance. We remove all rubbish collected and recycle as much as possible, such as metals, plastics and glass.

We proudly host around 80 events a year for companies on the Isle of Man, something that makes a major impact to how litter free the Island is. Our diary is filling up quickly for this year, particularly between May and September. If staff from your company would like to get involved please send a message to info@beachbuddies.org.im for more information.

Collection Bins

Beach Buddies provides, manages and maintains a network of 50+ collection bins around the island to encourage and enable members of the public to collect and safely dispose of beach rubbish. Our team visits each of the bins each week or fortnight depending on location and season to empty the contents and ensure the bin is in good order. We recycle what we can and depose of the remainder at the Energy From Waste facility. Last year we deposited over 20 tonnes of rubbish in this way. This is at the core of operation as well as being the most intensive of our activities.