BEACH BUDDIES EVENT AT SILVERDALE THIS WEEKEND

THE weather forecast is for sunshine and possible light showers but it could be windy, so we’re going to give it a try on Sunday. November 2nd with a clean-up session at a hopefully sheltered venue – Silverdale Glen – from 10.30am.

•  The headline sponsor for Beach Buddies is FIM Capital (www.fimcapital.co.im) who have generously supported us for the last 10 years. Beach Buddies is currently renewing sponsorship of our 40+ bins on beaches around the Island, which play such an important part in maintaining the Isle of Man’s reputation as the island with the world’s cleanest beaches. Sponsorship of a bin costs from only £1.83 a day (yes – only £1.83 a day!!) and makes such a difference. We also have a new low cost sponsorship programme for Beach Buddies’ special bins at the Island’s schools. Your family, your company, you could have your name on one of these very special new bins which help to educate our children about the damage caused by humans to wildlife and the environment by the careless disposal of litter! For more information please get in touch via the above email or phone 496560.

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.