JOIN US FOR BEACH CLEANING AT BALLAUGH

ANOTHER clean-up after recent storms is the task ahead for Beach Buddies volunteers on Sunday, February 9th when we visit Ballaugh from 10.30am.
Last week’s event at Glen Mooar showed that the prevailing southwesterly winds which dominate the Irish Sea have brought lots of debris onto Manx beaches, chiefly along the western coastline.
The weather forecast is as expected this time of the year and probably fairly cold, so please wrap up well if you are coming along.
• Beach Buddies is sponsored by the wonderful FIM Capital.

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.