Beach Buddies heads to Laxey

FOR THE first time in more than a year Laxey is the venue for the regular weekend session fo Beach Buddies on Sunday morning, July 24th at 10.30am for a 1-hour cleaning session.

The meeting point is on Laxey promenade from where volunteers will be given the choice of numerous places to remove rubbish, either on the beach, or nearby at Garwick, or in Laxey Glen – or anywhere in the Laxey area. Local knowledge will also be appreciated, so that we leave Laxey in pristine condition, so local residents are particularly invited to take part this weekend.

As always, Beach Buddies provides all the necessary equipment, recycles most of what we collect and welcomes volunteers of all ages, even if you have never joined us before. A warm welcome awaits. The big bonus in Laxey is that there are two wonderful beach cafes to enjoy afterwards, and a very decent pub or two – and more eating places and cafes in the village.

•  Beach Buddies is sponsored bt FIM Capital and receives annual funding from DEFA.

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.