Colleagues from across Royal Bank of Scotland’s Aberdeen teams are lending their weight to East Grampian Coastal Partnership to back a project which has helped remove 60 tonnes of litter from the region’s coastline over the last five years.
The organisation’s Turning the Plastic Tide Project, launched in 2018, has been created to help remove marine litter from the coastline from Fraserburgh to St Cyrus.
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The project has been designed to promote and co-ordinate community Beach Cleans and develop a sustainable network of trained volunteers to run beach cleans, engaging with volunteer groups from across the country.
It also includes education strands, with EGCP hosting harbour days, events and community meetings, promoting marine litter issues.
Royal Bank, which was a partner at COP26, has been working with small to medium sized enterprises in the North East to help them achieve their own climate and sustainability ambitions through its work with the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute. It offers academic and banking support to businesses who want to operate in a greener way.
Through its networks, colleagues from the bank decided to get involved with Turning the Plastic Tide Project.
Colleagues from offices in Aberdeen volunteered their time to get involved and in one day, managed to clear 47kg of waste from an affected beach on the local coastline.
Russell Whyte, from the bank’s Commercial Mid-Market Team, helped co-ordinate the volunteer day.
He said: “EGCP’s Turning the Plastic Tide campaign gives everyone in the local community the chance to get involved and see the difference they can make by taking action to improve the local marine environment.
“We’ve been privileged here at Royal Bank of Scotland to be able to commit our volunteering days to the initiative and help do our bit.
“It is a great opportunity and we would encourage individuals and local businesses to get involved and see the difference that they can make by taking part.”
Turning the Plastic Tide involves a large number of volunteers and organisations including The Marine Conservation Society, KIMO, Marine Scotland, Aberdeenshire Council, Port Authorities, Fishing Bodies, Conservation Groups, businesses, Community Councils and schools.
