An Island the World Can Learn From

We love hearing from our volunteers and the many thousands of people in the Isle of Man who take part in our events and also those who just go out on their own and clean up rubbish anywhere. Glens, footpaths, parks, plantations, mountains, your own street etc. It’s a fantastic endorsement for the people of the Isle of Man and our collective pride for our beautiful Island.

We’ve also had a great message today from one of our regular followers:

“Huge thanks to Beach Buddies for setting an example to the rest of the world.  I cycled over 50 miles in the Isle of Man and only saw 2 pieces of litter. In Hertfordshire that would have been more than 20 and in Sicily more than 200.  This initiative should be rolled out nationally and internationally. It should be supported by the IOM government and governments everywhere. The IOM can be very proud of it. It could change the world.”

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.