On Arrvial Training

The month of May has been devoted to training the new EVS and to prepare them for a busy summer flitting from work camp to work camp. The Clean Up the Coastline team participated in this training by having a day based around a coastal clean up. The team took time to explain how to monitor garbage found at coastal areas and the best way of organising a clean up.

An area measuring 30 x 30 metres was laid out, and all of the waste within collected. Then the garbage was sorted into categories such as plastics, paper, metal, cans etc. Finally the garbage was weighed. It is hoped that in the near future, it will be possible to set up some research looking at where garbage in Iceland comes from and how much is arriving.

The day, part of a simulated work camp in Neskaupstadar, East Iceland, was a great success, and lots of garbage was collected.