H&W Rotary joins Great British Beach Clean
Citizen Science with the Marine Conservation Society
Once again, led by Manny Fordham and Trevor Guymer, members of H&W Rotary and friends scoured the shoreline at Lepe looking for evidence of pollution of the Solent. Routine litter sweeps regularly take place at Lepe but the purpose of this exercise is to look for small objects not usually picked up by these e.g. small pieces of plastic up to 2.5 cm (one inch) in particular, 'Nurdles', small plastic pellets about the size of a lentil. Countless billion are used each year to make nearly all our plastic products but many end up washing up on our shores. These are readily ingested by marine wildlife. The results of our efforts are fed back to the Marine Conservation Society.
The Marine Conservation Society's iconic annual Great British Beach Clean has been leading the way in tackling ocean pollution for 26 years, helping make some of the most significant impacts on beach litter ever - the plastic bag charge, banning microplastics in personal care products, better wet-wipe labelling, and supporting a tax on single-use plastic items.
So far 319 tonnes of litter have been collected during the Great British Beach Cleans.
Great British Beach Clean 2019 results
The Great British Beach Clean 2019 saw 437 beach cleans and litter
survey take place with over 10,800 volunteers getting involved to
remove10,833 kg of litter from the UK’s beaches...That's almost 11
tonnes of litter in one weekend alone.
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H&W President Ray presents one of our contributions to Jan Hayter, Coordinator of the Waterside Food Bank
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We meet twice a month on a Monday at the Dibden Golf Centre. All queries to: secretary@hwrotary.org
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ALL proceeds provide humanitarian aid Press 'Details' for more information. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/concert-for-ukraine-tickets-363936322337
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26th February 2021 The Shoeboxes have finally been presented to children In Albania, Romania, Montenegro & Moldova
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Along with our partners, Rotary has helped immunize more than 2.5 billion children against polio in 122 countries.
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at Beaulieu Village Hall On Friday 3th Sept 21 at 7:00pm Ticket price £15.00 Please open for more details.
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Year 7 Oak Lodge School visited Paulton's Park with Hythe Rotary on the 2019 Kids Out Day on Wednesday 12 June 2019.
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A concert to be held to raise money for rebuilding after the devastation of Hurricanes Irma and Maria
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