Bangor Uni students bag 1,320 items of litter at Penmaen Head, North Wales

Rock Climbing News
04 Jul
2 min read

The stats are in from the Bangor University Mountaineering Society's (BUMS, excellent acronym) crag clean up at Penmaen Head, a limestone sport climbing venue in North Wales, near Colwyn Bay.

This meet was in conjunction with Trash Free Trails and forms part of their Citizen Science Programme which will contribute to its State of Our Trails Report in 2024. For this, each volunteer also analysed what they collected to provide more information on how single-use pollution impacts the local environment and wildlife. For more information on the Trash Free Trails Citizen Science programme, click here, and the BMC hopes to collaborate with them on future clean ups too.

Clean up stats

A total of 1,320 items in 8 bin bags including:

23 poo bags, full of poo

54 plastic water bottles (top brands Coca Cola, Pepsi and Lucozade)

66 alcoholic drink cans

92 crisp packets

133 plastic carrier bags

190 confectionary wrappers

Access & Conservation Officer (Wales) Tom Carrick says, “This was a fantastic day with 17 students removing a huge amount of litter and analysing it for Trash Free Trails. If anyone else is visiting soon, 10 minutes with a bin bag to remove anymore waste would be greatly appreciated. We’re hoping to run a similar day with Cardiff University Mountaineering Club very soon. Do get in touch if you’d like to take part in or organise a local crag clean up with your club.”

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