{"id":3780,"date":"2015-08-09T08:15:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T08:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scotland.gov.uk\/coastal-monitoring\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2018-04-11T12:01:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T11:01:47","slug":"the-torry-clean-up-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2015\/08\/09\/the-torry-clean-up-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"The Torry clean-up continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/08\/Collecting-with-new-kit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3782 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/08\/Collecting-with-new-kit-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"Torry beach clean\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 259px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 259\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>Volunteers\u00a0from Marine Scotland,\u00a0the Marine Conservation Society, Dolphinwatch \u00a0other local colleagues are continuing with the regular beach cleaning near the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen. Most recently, they were joined by local dog-walkers, so everyone seems to be joining in.<\/p>\n<p>So far the total clean up effort, which has included more that\u00a0<strong>80<\/strong> volunteers and 235 hours of volunteer time, has recovered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>3,309 <\/strong>bottles and cans, that were sent for recycling<\/li>\n<li><strong>171 <\/strong>full bin-bags of waste total<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of the rubbish collected to date, there have been a few more unusual items &#8211; shopping trolley, bicycle racks and some very large pieces of metal.<\/p>\n<p>The photograph on the right shows volunteers collecting rubbish using some new equipment that was donated \u2013 hoops, gloves and sanitiser.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/category\/marine-litter\/\">Previous posts on the Torry litter clear-ups<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers\u00a0from Marine Scotland,\u00a0the Marine Conservation Society, Dolphinwatch \u00a0other local colleagues are continuing with the regular beach cleaning near the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen. 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