PAPP 2026 Beach Clean Itinerary Howdy for those amazing people who are volunteering this year, this is roughly what will happen. Generally each day you will be fed with 3 meals and do about 4 to 6 hours “work”. Work = Lots of walking, picking stuff up and that sort of thing. The camp ground… Continue reading PAPP 2026 Beach Clean Itinerary
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Scotland 2025 – Thorpy’s Project Journal
A Trip of 2 Halves This was successful overall. We built some new bridges (First Half). . . but unfortunately probably burnt some others (Second Half). Overall Trip Summary Below are key numerical take outs from 2025 beach cleaning trip: 3 Times More Effective – Headcount vs Weight of Plastic Removed thanks to use of… Continue reading Scotland 2025 – Thorpy’s Project Journal
PAPP 2025 Beach Clean Itinerary
PAPP 2025 Beach Clean Itinerary This itinerary relates to our planned trips to Scotland this Summer to clean beaches. Dates are fixed. Locations are fixed. Numbers are not fixed. Below we have included the dates for or 2025 beaches clean (s), and locations. If you would like to learn what is like, then we have… Continue reading PAPP 2025 Beach Clean Itinerary
Scotland 2024 – Thorpy’s Project Journal
A Record Breaking Year This year was our most successful trip to date: Biggest Team (Between 6 and 13 People) Most Plastic Removed from Beach (1.9 tons / Approx 35m3) Approx 2kg removed for every £1 donated. RORO Skip Provided by Council (Thank You David) Help from Streetwise Services (Thanks Guys) Great Weather (Quite Hot… Continue reading Scotland 2024 – Thorpy’s Project Journal
The Harmful Effects of Microplastics!
The Harmful Effects of Microplastics! This is a blog post written for the charity by Isabella who is 13 years old. Harmful Effects Everybody knows about the harmful effects that plastic has on our environment, but lets dive deeper into the world of microplastics and how they’re wreaking havoc on our environment. These tiny plastic… Continue reading The Harmful Effects of Microplastics!
Impacts of Overconsumption
Overconsumption – The Problem I want talk about overconsumption, which basically means buying too much stuff or using more things than we really need. It’s like when you buy tons of clothes, gadgets, or toys that you don’t actually use all the time. Overconsumption can lead to a bunch of challenges and problems, especially for… Continue reading Impacts of Overconsumption
The Effects of Last Minute Tourism
Booming Business In this day and age, business is booming in the travel industry, especially with the rise and fall of covid-19 spurring more and more people to travel the world, but did you know tourism can have extremely negative affects on our earth if you’re not careful! When travelling to popular places like, hawaii… Continue reading The Effects of Last Minute Tourism
PAPP 2024 Beach Clean Itinerary
PAPP 2024 Beach Clean Itinerary Below please find itinerary for 2024 Beach Clean. Group 1 – PAPP Trustees and Volunteers Group 2 – Streetwise Services 28th August – Group 1 Arriving at Kings Green Campsite Port William Group 1 are a smaller group of trustees and adhoc volunteers. The 28th will be spent primarily travelling,… Continue reading PAPP 2024 Beach Clean Itinerary
We Won Something!
We Won Something! Happy days indeed! We have just received our Google Geo 4 Good Award. Look: Our application was considered for the 2023 award period. We won the award as we use Google Maps in a number of ways to support our Charity Beach Cleaning Work. So how do we use Google Maps? We… Continue reading We Won Something!
Scottish Water Sewage Spill Map
What Causes the Sewage Spills? The Scottish Water sewage spills shown on this map are for the most part “storm overflows”. Scotland is not alone in this problem, and in England things are even worse. Wales also has similar problems with sewage spills. To understand a storm overflow, we have to first realize that sewage… Continue reading Scottish Water Sewage Spill Map