Cleaning Skye's beaches
Join our mission to rid Skye's beaches of marine litter
Cleaning Skye's beaches
Join our mission to rid Skye's beaches of marine litter
About Skye Beach Cleans
Our History
We have been cleaning and surveying beaches on Skye for over a decade and have cleared over 25 tonnes in the last 3 years!
Loughborough University research project
We worked with Loughborough University in the summer of 2023 on their 50 Years of Litter on Skye research project. Click below to watch the video about the work they did on the island
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Upcoming Cleans - 2025
Keep an eye on the Facebook page for more details!
Harlosh – Saturday 5th April – Skye Beach Cleans
Ostaig - Sunday 6th April – Sleat Nature Group
Eabost/Ullinish - Saturday 12th April – Skye Beach Cleans
Uig - Saturday 26th April – Woodland Trust/Uig Residents
Loch Bracadale – 9th – 11th May – Scottish Coast Clean Up project
Recycling
Recycling:
As far as recycling some of the debris is concerned, we are hoping to become involved part of a major net recycling scheme – see https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/get-involved/volunteer/ocean-recovery-project whereby large bags of in particular trawl net can be strapped up on pallets and uplifted – if you would like further details of how we plan to get involved locally with this, please let us know!
The Broadford Community Tree Nursery is still looking for fish boxes for tree cultivation – if you have any complete ones of these available, please contact Phil Knott - Phil@broadfordandstrath.org.
We’d like to create a few more of these cows (picture opposite). This one was made for the Winter Festival in Oban, but we would like to try and get a herd of them from all the Scottish Islands – guidelines on construction available on request!
MCS - State of our beaches - Beachwatch report
More than 15,000 volunteers completed over 1,200 litter surveys, allowing MCS to identify common litter items, pollution sources and trends, and use this evidence to push for change.
There was a real push by the Scottish Islands Federation in 2024, and, as a result MCS saw a 16% increase in the number of surveys submitted from across the Scottish Islands in 2024, helping everyone better understand the types of litter impacting islands’ beaches. Fishing and aquaculture related litter made up 32% of all litter recorded on Scottish Islands, compared to only 12% of litter on mainland Scotland.
Read more here: Beachwatch 2024 Results | Marine Conservation Society
Photo: MCS
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