{"id":3489,"date":"2015-07-06T07:54:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T07:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scotland.gov.uk\/coastal-monitoring\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2016-08-17T14:25:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T13:25:24","slug":"marine-scotland-staff-clean-up-1st-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2015\/07\/06\/marine-scotland-staff-clean-up-1st-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Scotland staff clean-up: 1st July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"left\">Last week, colleagues\u00a0cleaned-up the embankment area and the roadside from the foot of St Fittick\u2019s Road to the Torry Battery car park and then the shore and shore-path from the sandy beach adjacent to the lighthouse (Area 7) back to the \u201cshow-beach\u201d(Areas 6 through to 3).<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/07\/Group-pic-web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3492 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/07\/Group-pic-web-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Wednesday's litter-picker-uppers\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/199;\" \/><\/a>They collected:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total effort collecting \u2013 90 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Number of bin bags filled \u2013 1<\/li>\n<li>Number of bottles and cans recycled \u2013 84<\/li>\n<li>Three disposable barbecue sets<\/li>\n<li>A towel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">There\u2019s still a lot of rubbish along the roadside but increasing amount on the beach where people are now having barbecues,\u00a0for instance.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Two more colleagues, Patricia and Morag came along later and cleaned up the \u201cshow-beach\u201d (Area 2).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total effort collecting\u00a0&#8211; 90 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Number of bin bags filled \u2013 0.5<\/li>\n<li>Number of bottles and cans recycled \u2013 8 (figures include two champagne bottles).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Grand totals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/07\/Andy-Nicol-web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3491 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/07\/Andy-Nicol-web.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Nicol on his last clean-up\" width=\"221\" height=\"314\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 221px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 221\/314;\" \/><\/a>Total effort collecting: 11,975 minutes, or <strong>200 hours<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Number of bin bags filled \u2013 <strong>157<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Number of bottles and cans recycled \u2013 <strong>3,050<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">A special mention goes to Andy as this was his last volunteering effort with us. 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