XBP Europe Ireland joins in beach cleanup day

XBP in Dublin, Ireland has been working on initiatives to reduce our carbon footprint and to give back to the community and/or charity via volunteering or fund raising.

As well as the daily environmental conscious activities, such as separating bins in the canteen, recycling and having a specific bin for cans/bottles to give to charity, our team offered colleagues the opportunity to complete a beach cleanup on Friday 20th September. Clean Coasts organises the Big Beach Clean initiative every year and our Dublin site put together a small group to join them for that day.

The Big Beach Clean is an annual call to action as part of the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), operated internationally by Ocean Conservancy. This call to action invites communities and volunteers from around the country to help remove litter from around the Irish coast after the end of the bathing season.

Our interpid XBP Europe team members at Howth beach in Dublin, Ireland

This initiative is also an opportunity for volunteers to get involved in a worldwide citizen science project, which entails collecting the amount and types of litter on Irish beaches and filling in Clean Coasts' Marine Litter Data Cards. This will help to heighten awareness about the issue of marine litter, providing an indicator of the magnitude of the problem, and helping to shape future policies and campaigns.

Last year, in an extraordinary display of environmental stewardship and community spirit, 7,700 Clean Coasts volunteers rolled up their sleeves and removed a staggering over 46 tonnes of litter all across the country as part of the Big Beach Clean and Clean Coasts 20th year anniversary. That is the equivalent of 12 hippos!

We would like to thank Triona Crooke and Kate Duffy for organising, and all our colleagues for attending and giving their time to participate in this initiative.

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