Around the Island beach clean
Our Around the Island Clean-Up for Final Straw Foundation on Saturday was a huge success, raising over £3,000 for the Final Straw Foundation! For those of you who haven’t been following, a team of us took on the challenge of walking the entire circumference of Portsmouth, while litter picking and clearing the coastline of single-use plastic and other waste.
The walk is intended not only to raise awareness for the damage litter and micro plastic does to our waterfronts but also raise money, via our Just giving page, to build another Final Straw Fish Sculpture. These sculptures are creatively made locally from scrap metal by Sailboat Trailers in Emsworth. They are engaging and effective in collecting plastic and aluminium bottles, demonstrably highlighting the volume of single use waste. We want to contribute to their great work by helping create another of these sculptures to make an even bigger splash! Check out Final Straw Foundation’s website to find out more about these fantastic sculptures.
Despite summer deciding to make an appearance and it being one of the hottest days of the year, the team smashed it and completed the whole 15-mile route, collecting a total of 26 bags of litter, a broken chair which had washed up on the shore of Eastney Lake, and 35 vapes which have been a focal point for Final Straw Foundation at their beach cleans.
