BMLP Projects | GRAB TRUST

Argyll & Bute Beach Litter Report - MCS Beachwatch Data 1994-2022

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BMLP Projects

Here are some of the other projects we have created to help reduce waste:

Staycation Project

• Started in 2020, aiming to tackle the higher litter levels resulting from more staycation holidays since COVID19.

'Give Your Litter A Lift' Materials

• Working with Argyll and Bute Council and Keep Scotland Beautiful, we produced a range of stickers, till wobblers and posters aimed to encourage the public to dispose of litter responsibly. These are available for food businesses and local communities free of charge.

2Min Litter Pick Stations

• Continuing the project for 2022, in partnership with The 2 Minute Foundation & Argyll and Bute Council, we are placing 2Minute litter pick stations at 15 high footfall locations across Argyll and Bute. These will allow anyone to do their own 2Minute clean-up by providing grabbers and bags, keeping these areas tidy.

Waste Free Take-Away

• To help stop much of the litter at its source, this project aims to encourage take-away food suppliers to ditch single-use and encourage reusable packaging. Whilst simultaneously encouraging the public to remember their re-usable containers and ask businesses to use them.

Be Part of the Cycle

• Providing education packs to all schools in Argyll to support inclusive education about reusable menstrual products. Packs include example reusable period products thanks to Cheeky, curriculum linked resources for teachers, resources for students, and a fun sew your own reusable period pad activity.
• There will also be community sewing workshops to sew your own reusable period pad and we will be supporting The Pachamama Project to provide reusable pads to refugees.
• Thanks to Sea Changers for their generous funding making this project possible. The project will run throughout 2022 and provide lasting resources for many years to follow.
• Period product Facts:
  · Switching to a reusable product can save on average £3,700.
  · 1.5 billion period products (PP’s) are flushed annually in the UK causing sewer blockages costing £88 million each year, and overflows releasing litter into waterways.
  · Even properly disposed of, 200,000 tonnes of PP’s are sent to land fill every year (Women’s environmental network 2012).

Waste Free Periods - Be Part of the Cycle Access to free period products

Recycling leaflets for key areas

Oban Recycling Leaflet, click on image to see PDF

Mid Argyll Recycling Leaflet, click on image to see PDF

Dunoon Recycling Leaflet, click on image to see PDF

Helensburgh Recycling Leaflet, click on image to see PDF

Darwin200 Voyages

YouTube videos doing ocean science on a tall ship
Downloadable Activity Packs

ABC Decarbonisation Plan

Indoor Activities
Outdoor Activities