Get involved in eco-marine event

Eco Savvy and the Community of Arran Seabed Trust (COAST) are joining forces to raise awareness of plastic pollution in our seas and beaches through an eco-marine competition and craft day.

Look out for colourful decorated up-cycled dustbins in Whiting Bay, Kildonan, Lamlash and Brodick. All villages are invited to join in by contacting Eco Savvy or COAST for details.

Everyone is invited to collect plastics from the beaches and put them into bins and/ or take part in the competition.

Collect beach and sea litter during July and get creative: use plastic litter to make sculptures of your own marine animal or plants. Bring your creations along to Lamlash on Wednesday July 27 and enter it into the competition at the craft day.

A morning craft workshop will show plastics sculpture techniques and ideas. Marine plastic litter will be used to create plastic sculptures of marine animals and plants which will be joined together in a fishtail/ food chain structure to illustrate how plastic can now be found in most fish and all sizes of marine creatures.

According to a new Ellen MacArthur Foundation report, ‘at least eight million tonnes of plastics leak into the ocean each year – which is equivalent to dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the ocean every minute’.

To get involved, go along to Lamlash green on July 27 and find out how to make a difference.