Project AWARE International Clean Up day - Sub-Mission's Grand day out.

Thank you to everyone who attended the Project AWARE Beach Clean Up on Saturday. We had a fantastic day with the most amazing weather and gorgeous sunny skies.

 

Katy had planned to clean Bull Bay but upon inspection the beach was incredibly clean, which is testament to the local community’s effort to keep litter off the beach. So, we decided to drive down to Trearddur Bay and clean up the main public beach at the top of Ravenspoint Road. Just as Trefor Beach fooled us into believing it was a clean beach, we actually collected a massive 74kg of rubbish on what looked like a well looked after area. The tide must play some part in washing fresh rubbish ashore everyday as this is a beach that is regularly cleaned.

 

With our team of 48 volunteers, including the group of Cub Scouts who came along to give us a hand, we set to work collecting rubbish from the shoreline and underwater after a briefing from Darren and Katy. The underwater teams found very little litter and again this may be attributed to divers collecting on their dives, although what was found was collated and carefully disposed of.

 

Some of the items found on Saturday include:

 

• 243 Lengths of fishing line
• 232 Food wrappers / containers
• 94 Glass Bottles
• 105 Lengths of rope
• 134 Cigarette stubs
• 1 Firework
• 1 Nappy
• 1 Plastic Bucket

Thanks to Tim, Barry and Jen who were on hand to keep us refreshed and fed all day with drinks and a Barbeque.

 

Thanks to everyone who volunteered their weekend to come along and participate in Project AWARE International Clean Up day. Hopefully you will realise that actually we can make a difference each and every time we visit the coast. Keep up the good work!

 

This will be Sub-Mission's last Beach and Underwater Clean Up this year, but if you would like to get involved, we have plenty of exciting idea's for next year already!