Families help out at Big Channel Islands Beach Clean
MORE than 15kg of rubbish was collected from Grande Havre as volunteers took part in the Big Channel Islands Beach Clean on Saturday.
Now in its sixth year, events took place in Jersey, Alderney, Guernsey and Sark.
It was a drizzly, cold morning at Grande Havre, as a hardy team of volunteers turned out.
About half of them used gloves and buckets to collect rubbish, while the other half helped out with an eelgrass survey as part of the Bailiwick Eelgrass Exploration Project.
Despite the bad weather, Clean Earth Trust beach clean co-ordinator Fern Nicholson said it was a decent turnout.
‘It went really well,’ she said.
‘There was really good participation for both the beach clean and eelgrass survey.’
In total 15.3kg of rubbish was picked up.
‘There was a lot of plastic and lots of fishing litter,’ Miss Nicholson said.
Among the people getting involved were members of the 8th Guernsey Beaver colony. Leader Michelle Le Clerc said she had suggested to parents that it would be a good family event, as well as help Beavers work towards a badge.
She was surprised by how much rubbish there was.
‘I only walked a few yards and I’ve already got quite a lot,’ she said.
‘There is a lot of plastic, and small stuff. I was surprised by how much there was.’
Claire Senn was taking part with her daughters Ava, 7, who is a member of the Beaver colony, and Edie, 5.
‘We just thought it would be nice to come down and take part in the community project,’ she said.
The beach cleans were recently relaunched after a break, and it is planned that the CET will do about two beach cleans a month, with details published in advance on social media.
