Welcome to Flossie and the Beach Cleaners
We are an ever-growing group of marine enthusiasts in Ireland and around the world who care deeply about the ocean and its marine life. If we know there is plastic on a beach, we want to clean it!
Our Mission & Work
The group raises awareness about plastic pollution and the damage it is doing to our marine life and oceans around Ireland and different parts of the world.
We present workshops in junior schools and corporate companies about plastic pollution and what we can do to change our way of life. Alongside this, we host fun regular beach cleans around Ireland – you never know what treasure you might find.
And really important to the mission – we want you to join our team!
During COVID-19, we are still cleaning our beaches. We comply and follow the HSE guidelines
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Our volunteers keep a safe distance
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We sanitize our gloves with HSE guidelines
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It is a sustainable, fun and safe activity
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It reduces plastic in on our seas
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Everyone can do it
In July 2019 Flossie and The Beach Cleaners took an environmental journey to Indonesia and one was a part of the Citarum River in Bandung Indonesia.
The charity realised that the Citarum problem was not only about monstrous amounts of waste, but there was also a health, education and water disaster and it especially affects the children’s living conditions as they not only live by the water, they also play in the river, bathe in the river and wash their clothes in the river!
During the flood season, the only transport that can be relied upon for evacuation is a boat, especially in the slum area as they have very narrow streets.
When the rainy season has eased the boat will be used by the local fisherman to clean the Citarum River as they no longer can fish due to the level of poison and garbage that fills the river. They now fish for rubbish and get paid for how much rubbish they bring in, this is then sent to recycling centres close by!
The charity is delighted to have been able to fund this boat and plan on working with Citarum Care and Equator ID going forward!
WORKING TOGETHER
For Plastic-Free Seas
CONNECTING PEOPLE & THE ENVIRONMENT
We connect with people in countries around the world including Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.
We connect children from different countries so that they can teach each other what can be done to clean up rubbish as well as learn about each other's cultures.
We visit a plastic river in different countries to connect with the reality of the disaster and to keep our children connected globally and clean this world of plastic reality.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Join a beach clean
Stay tuned to our social media platforms
Don't forget to recycle