News this week

Every spring Environmental Concern Orkney organises a massive voluntary clean-up of rubbish on over 50 sites in Orkney, mostly on the many beaches around our shores. The Orcadian word for rubbish is “Bruck” and hence the clean-up is known by everybody as “BAG THE BRUCK”. Many individuals and organisations, totalling more than 500 volunteers, are involved in the effort and thousands of bags of bruck weighing several tonnes are collected each year.

Staff from EMEC, Aquamarine Power, friends and family again took on the beach at Billia Croo for a clean-up last weekend. Many thanks to all those who took part and scoured the shore – pictured above are the volunteers and the haul!