'You never quite know what you're going to pull out'
Clean Up Bristol Harbour is celebrating its tenth anniversary of removing plastic pollution from the city's waterways since its launch in 2016. Over the decade, volunteers have retrieved over 880kg of waste, including unusual items like a Nintendo Switch and an inflatable doll. The project now faces uncertain funding, prompting a crowdfunding campaign to ensure its continued operation.
- ▪Clean Up Bristol Harbour was founded in September 2016 to address plastic pollution in Bristol's waterways.
- ▪Between 2021 and 2023, 236 volunteers removed more than 880kg of waste, with nearly 390kg sent for recycling.
- ▪The group has discovered various unusual objects over the years, including a Nintendo Switch, a kettle, and a Marathon-branded chocolate wrapper.
- ▪Current funding is ending, leading All Aboard Watersports to launch a Crowdfunder bid to raise an initial £5,000.
- ▪The clean-up efforts have improved water quality enough to allow swimming events in the harbour, which were previously impossible due to pollution.
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'You never quite know what you're going to pull out'Image source, Clean Up Bristol HarbourImage caption, Volunteers are celebrating a decade of cleaning up Bristol HarbourByDawn LimbuPublished5 minutes agoA voluntary clean-up group is marking a decade of finding unusual items in Bristol Harbour, ranging from an inflatable doll to a Nintendo Switch.Clean Up Bristol Harbour was launched in September 2016 in a bid to remove plastic pollution from in and around Bristol's waterways.The group has fished out some unusual items from the harbour in the past 10 years, including a message in a bottle containing a note in Spanish, a kettle, tennis balls, glasses and single shoes as well as the inflatable doll and Nintendo Switch."You never quite know what you're going to pull out of Bristol Harbour,"…
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