Isle of Man setting an example to the USA !!!

THE volunteer session this weekend (Sunday, October 25th) will be held at Sartfield (opposite Jurby village and Airfield) from 10.30am to 12noon. All welcome and we love to see new faces – something which happens virtually every weekend.

Last weekend at Derbyhaven it was a truly beautiful morning with glorious weather and we had a really good turn-out of 34 volunteers, including six brand new first-timers. Two – who have moved to the Isle of Man from Idaho – congratulated us on the cleanliness of the Island – not just beaches, but everywhere. This is due to the wonderful team of thousands of volunteers who have made this possible over the years, not just cleaning beaches but everywhere.

We are together setting a world-leading example – and it’s being noticed.

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.