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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

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

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! 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!

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

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

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

A New Plastic Pollution Treaty on the Way? The WWF have recently started a petition, in advance of the November 2023 Nairobi  in relation to the third round of negotiations for a global treaty to end plastic pollution. For a link to sign the petition please see bottom of page. But this got me thinking,… Continue reading What are some historical efforts to tackle plastics pollution globally?

Introduction In our collection of data from waste collected in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), we could be misrepresenting the plastic pollution crisis that is affecting our oceans. The Fishing Industry “A 2022 study published in Scientific Reports found that 75% to 86% of the plastic debris in the GPGP originates from fishing activities… Continue reading Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) – The Tip of the Iceberg