Our Praise for Arbory School

BEACH BUDDIES PRAISE FOR ARBORY SCHOOL

BEACH Buddies wants to say a huge thank you to Arbory School who have created a team of “rubbish warriors” with children going out in the nearby area collecting rubbish and setting a great example to the local community. A special shout out to Year 2 teacher Lucy Hickey for her fantastic support in this latest round of our schools project.

Students in her class have also designed posters which we’ll be printing on tiles to display at the school. There are some brilliant designs, all on the theme of improving our environment, protecting our oceans and keeping our Island clean. We believe this will help to spread the word to future generations of students.

As part of our “Great Rubbish Challenge” we would like to provide schools with their own bins and litterpicking kits so that they can carry on the good work. Lucy Hickey has been an enthusiastic supporter of the project and this has been mirrored by her class.

She has sought support from local companies and children have also taken sponsorship forms home. Beach Buddies would like to thank the families and community for their generosity and support.

Lucy is also a regular volunteer at our Sunday morning litterpicking events and invariably comes along with her family.

•. If you would like to find out how to get involved

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.