Big Beach Clean initiative is back
€5,000 in prizes in 12th “Love Your Coast” photography competition
After a break in 2020, the Big Beach Clean initiative is back, and Clean Coasts are calling people in counties Louth and Meath to register to receive clean-up kits and join the world biggest clean-up.
In 2019, the campaign reported record breaking numbers with over 300 clean-ups taking place around all of Ireland, engaging approximately 8,000 volunteers who removed at least 45 tonnes of marine litter across the country.
The Big Beach Clean is an annual call to action and this year it will run from 17th to 19th September, as part of the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), operated internationally by Ocean Conservancy.
This call to action invites communities and volunteers around the country to remove litter from around the Irish coast after the end of the bathing season.
The Big Beach Clean also takes place over the same weekend as World Clean Up Day, which normally unites more than 20 million people in 180 countries, who come together to tackle litter. For this reason, in 2021, with the involvement of the National Spring Clean programme, registrations will again be open to all residents of Ireland, no matter how far from the coast they are based.
To register visit the Clean Coasts website at www.cleancoasts.org
Love Your Coast photography competition
A glance at local Facebook Pages is enough to tell you that there are some very talented photographers in our midst who may be interested in Clean Coasts’ 12th annual Love Your Coast photography competition is now open for entries.
Capture the uniqueness of our coastal communities, environments, or waterways and enter your best shots by 9am, 30th August 2021.
With some of the most spectacular coastlines in the world, make sure you bring your camera as you explore the Irish coast and capture its beauty.
There is a prize fund of €5,000, up for grabs across five categories: Coastal Heritage, Coastal Landscape, People & the Coast, Wildlife & the Coast and, a new category this year, Creativity and the Coast.
For more details and to enter your photos see https://cleancoasts.org/our-initiatives/love-your-coast/
