Community clean up!
On Sunday 7th March a group of 35 volunteers helped us to clean Faros Beach and the coastal path.
We managed to collect an amazing 60 bags full of rubbish from a stretch of 2 kilometers.
After weighting, sorting and separating all the rubbish collected, we managed to collect an incredible 150kg!
This included almost 1000 plastic bottles, 18 shoes, 1 fin, 2 tents, 127 coffee cups and around 4000 pieces of polystyrene (based on weight)!
Here are the exact numbers of rubbish found:
Plastic Bottle – 986
Bottle caps (single) – 2256
Glass bottles – 458
Tin cans – 172
Tires – 2
Coffee Cups – 127
Shoes – 18
Clothing- 37 pieces
Coffee lids (single) – 103
Face Masks- 47
Gloves – 51
Tents – 2
Small Plastic (less than 1kg) – 635
Large Plastic – 51
Fish hooks/lures – 23
Fishing line – 33
Rope/string – 30
Plastic Bags – 92
Wet wipes – 36
Straws – 87
Polystyrene – 4056+ (pieces range from 10g to 1.5kg)
Lighters – 36
Toothbrushes – 8
Fin – 1
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that joined us, it wouldn’t have been possible without you!
Take a look on our Facebook page to see a full write up of the event.