Skye Beach Cleans (SCIO)
At Skye Beach Cleans, we are dedicated to tackling marine litter on our local beaches. We organise beach cleanup events, set up beach clean stations, and conduct regular litter surveys in partnership with various environmental and community organisations. With a board of six trustees, we work to raise funds, support local communities in shoreline cleanups, and improve the recycling and repurposing of marine litter.
Volunteer Instances
Kg Beach Litter removed 2025
50 Years of Litter on Skye, 2025 update
In July 2025, we returned to Skye for our third field season. With two years of experience and data collection behind us, 2025's trip took a more solutions focus. We used our own experiences of beach litter surveying from 2023 and 2024, as well as conversations we...
Talisker Bay Beach Clean – October 2025
Saturday 25th October - fortunately a bright sunny day! - saw our volunteers make their way down to the iconic beach at Talisker Bay for the last clean of the year. It hadn't been cleaned for several years, and over that time, helpful visitors had obviously...
Skye and Small Isles Recycling – Vicki Last
This report provides an overview of the activities undertaken in May 2025 as part of the Skye and Small Isles Recycling Project. Launched in 2022, the initiative is led by the Scottish Islands Federation’s Marine Litter Working Group (SIF-MLWG) in collaboration with...
Bracadale Beach Blitz ’25 Report
May was a busy month for us, with the weekend of 9th – 11thMay turning out to be the biggest beach cleaning event we have ever organised on the island – the Bracadale Beach Blitz! With the help of many volunteers and partner organisations, and especially the...
Our Charity Status Confirmed
We are delighted to announce that as of 7th May 2025, Skye Beach Cleans has become a registered charity (a SCIO, to be precise), No. SC054213. Many thanks to Jo from SLCVO for helping us with the application! Initially registered with four Trustees – Peggy Semler...