Beach clean 2013
- 3 September 2013 20:00243262advance notice on this one, last year 63 volunteers filled 68 sacks weighing 267 kilos.
- 13 September 2013 15:30244552have a read of this risk assessment bearing in mind the task involved is picking up litter and putting it into sacks.
https://dub116.mail.live.com/mail/#!/mail/ViewOfficePreview.aspx?messageid=4c4fdbb2-1c6c-11e3-ac63-00237de334a4&folderid=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&attindex=4&cp=-1&attdepth=4&n=1555062679 - 20 September 2013 10:07245370just a reminder of this coming sunday the weather is set fair.
people don't have to commit to the whole day you can turn up at what time you like and leave when you have had enough. - 21 September 2013 19:43245553final reminder for tomorrow, don't forget to take a packed lunch.
there will be a break for a cup of tea and a chat with other volunteers in the morning and afternoon. - 22 September 2013 12:36245635Over 80 had joined in the clean-up by noon and still time to go along and help, and for the youngsters find out lots of info about the environment. You can use the car park next to the beach and get a permit from the organisers.
- 22 September 2013 16:01245654mr dixon has sent in quite an array of photos, here are some to start with
plenty of cabbage waiting to be picked.
some familiar faces here.
- 22 September 2013 16:15245655more from brian.
- 22 September 2013 19:24245665taken by brian on his sojourn to the hallowed shakespeare beach earlier, such a sad sight and i seem to remember a local entrepreneur re-opening this as a truckers restaurant some years ago.
never worked out as most of the new truckers were from eastern europe and did not have the money to dine out and usually just warmed something up in a lay-by.
- 23 September 2013 20:56245759these photos from brian highlight the importance of these annual beach cleans.
multiply these by the thousands all over the country.
- 24 September 2013 09:32245792just got the final scores in from paul sampson.
86 volunteers and 2 staff.
53 bags.
weight 217.5 kilos.
7,557 individual items.
great work all round. - 24 September 2013 09:32245793just got the final scores in from paul sampson.
86 volunteers and 2 staff.
53 bags.
weight 217.5 kilos.
7,557 individual items.
great work all round. - 24 September 2013 10:39245801Well done everyone!---------------------------------------------------
Lincolnshire Born and Bred - 24 September 2013 13:02245819It would be interesting to know the % of waste that came from the sea and that which was deposited landside on the beach.
- 24 September 2013 13:24245823Hard to say with a lot of the stuff that we picked up as it was so degraded but we guessed anything with a French label came from the sea!
There were a lot of fairly new drinks cans that were obviously left on the beach, food wrappers etc that could have blown in from anywhere, and things like the knife that were misplaced items. Every item picked up was classified according to type so maybe there'll be a summary available later. - 24 September 2013 14:53245826there will be ray, paul s is working on it - should be a painstaking task.
