Blog: Bagging the ‘bruck’ at Billia Croo

Bruck, noun: Orcadian word for rubbish.

Every year, Environmental Concern Orkney organises ‘Bag the Bruck’: an Orkney-wide event which sees over 600 local volunteers clean up around 100 sites across the county.

As has become tradition, staff from EMEC and Aquamarine Power, along with friends and family, descended to Billia Croo on Saturday, where EMEC’s wave test site is situated. Whilst relatively clean, we still managed to collect 32 bags of ‘bruck’ from the beach and surrounding area. Unfortunately we could not remove all the rubbish that we found, with some lengths of rope stuck under massive – immovable – boulders yet again demonstrating the sheer power of the sea at the test site.

Many thanks to those who came along to help out. Hope you enjoy the photos below.