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BBC News
15-03-2025
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Shout out for volunteers to join beach clean ups
Volunteers will be picking up litter from beaches across the Channel Islands in a mass clean-up of the said the seventh annual Big Channel Islands Beach Clean Up on Saturday and Sunday will see people cleaning beaches in Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark - as well as the Isle Of said volunteers across the British Crown Dependencies were being encouraged to do their bit to "preserve and protect our beaches, coastal areas and local wildlife".Participants are asked to bring a bucket and a pair of gloves to collect any marine pollution they find and send details of interesting finds to the organisers. The litter picking events include meet-ups at L'Etacq, Harve Des Pas and La Rocque in Jersey on Saturday and at Long Beach and Ouaisne Bay on Wildlife Trust is running an event at Hanaine and Clonque on Sociéte Sercquaise will be holding a clean up on Sark at Port a la Jument on Saturday and at L'Eperquerie on Sunday. Alderney Wildlife Trust said it would record every item people found along a 100m stretch of beach – from tiny microplastics to larger debris for the Marine Conservation Society to track litter the first time this year, the Big Channel Islands Beach Clean Up will also include the Isle Of Man.
BBC News
14-03-2025
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- BBC News
Channel Islands Beach Clean to include Isle of Man for first time
The Isle of Man will feature in a major beach cleaning drive this weekend for the first Big Channel Islands Beach Clean - which takes place in Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark - is being extended in its seventh year to include the Isle of Man. Volunteers across the British Crown Dependencies are being encouraged to do their bit to tackle Dale, founder of Beach Buddies on the Isle of Man, said: "Islands understand the problem of beach pollution more than anyone else because they have to live with it every day." 'Collective responsibility' Mr Dale said he hoped the weekend would foster greater links with the Channel Islands. "We are all in this together and they have got similar problems to what we have," he added. "We all have to take collective responsibility."Mr Dale said he was expecting hundreds of people to take part on the Isle of are being encouraged to pick their favourite local beach and let organisers know where they go, how many participated and the weight of the rubbish they ultimately collected. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
