Another first for Blackpool when it supported BinForGreenSeas!
The first bin of its kind in the country is located on Blackpool Promenade. It was unveiled on World Environment Day, 5 June 2019. The bin is there to raise awareness about ocean pollution and help stop plastics from getting into the sea.
Another one is now located at the seafront a few miles north at the neighbouring seaside resort of Cleveleys. Have you seen it?
Fylde Coast BinForGreenSeas
These strikingly designed bins are bright orange and lifebuoy shaped. They include the tagline ’Throw Marine Life a Lifeline’.
- Find the Blackpool one a few yards south of the RNLI Blackpool Lifeboat Station at Central Promenade.
- You can find the Cleveleys one at the Plaza area of the promenade, at the end of Victoria Road West. Thanks to the Rotary Club of North Fylde for funding it.
More about BinForGreenSeas
The GreenSeas Trust charity launched and manage the BinForGreenSeas project.
The aim of GreenSeas Trust is to locate more of these special bins in major coastal towns around the country. They act as a visual trigger, to enable people to make the connection between thoughtless rubbish and its harmful effect on all manner of marine life.
The GreenSeas Trust was founded in 2003 by Fazilette Khan, who’d recently left the merchant navy.
Fazilette worked in collaboration with the University of East London and two product design students to develop the striking bin design. They’re unmissable at around 1.5m high, and positioned on seafronts and waterways.
Did you know? The UK uses 7.7 billion plastic water bottles each year. Around 700,000 of them get littered every day. A significant part of this comes from careless littering and improperly disposed rubbish.
Around 450 recycled PET plastic drink bottles go into each bin, diverted from landfill and incineration.
Plastics all over the world
Fazilette said: “I’ve witnessed the growing problem of marine debris first-hand. It was shocking to revisit many once pristine places around the world and find them strewn with marine plastics and rubbish.
“I decided to try and find an innovative approach to help tackle this serious problem. I wanted to connect the dots between our daily habits and marine pollution. The bin is a receptacle for rubbish but its main purpose is to attract attention and educate people. They can find out more with the QR code and facts on the bin itself. We want people to associate the lifebuoy bin shape with saving marine life.
Blackpool chosen for the first bin
Fazilette added “I’m delighted that Blackpool is the location for the first bin. More than 18m people visit each year. I understand how committed Blackpool is to environmental initiatives, and keeping its beaches clean.”
Blackpool Council is delighted to be the first in the country to use this innovative and eye-catching approach to raising public awareness of rubbish in our seas.
It’s a fact that a major contributor to plastics on beaches and in the sea is careless littering.
The quality of water and beaches in Blackpool is recognised year after year, through Keep Britain Tidy Seaside Awards.
Working together to clean up our shore
A lot of people do a lot of ongoing, hard work to clean up our seas. Including:
- Council staff and partner organisations.
- Plus those who work so hard to protect and improve our beaches. From beach managers and volunteers to the local residents and businesses that have donated their time and energy.
- To the LOVEmyBEACH campaign and our wider fight against littering with the Keep Blackpool Tidy Campaign.
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