Volunteers needed for Douglas

THE weather looks pretty awful as we approach the weekend, but we are keen to get out and about again, so we are hoping the storms will have abated by Sunday morning (November 28th) to enable us to get together from 10.30am.
The venue this week is Douglas beach, which is something of a novelty as it’s been a very long time since we have been able to get access to the promenade walkway.
The meeting point is opposite the Palace Hotel where all equipment will be provided and new volunteers made warmly welcome. The session ends promptly at 12 noon – please finish on time as Beach Buddies has another appointment in the north very soon afterwards.
• Beach Buddies is sponsored by FIM Capital and receives annual funds 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.