Over the past decade the Christmas party at Elbow Beach has become a family-friendly tradition for many.
It is reasonable to expected that on Christmas morning some families will pack a cooler, slap on a festive attire and head to the beach. In anticipation of many small groups wanting to use the beach, several neighbourhood stakeholders are helping behind-the-scenes to provide safe parking, extra waste bins.
The Coral Beach & Tennis Club will allow people to park on the Horizons property. St. Paul’s Anglican Church volunteers will help with parking, any donations to the church will be gratefully appreciated. KBB will put dozens of extra trash bins on the beach to capture all the picnic debris.
On Boxing Day, KBB volunteers will return to the beach to carry the bagged trash and bins up the steps to the parking lot. In past years, there has been as much as a ton of trash resulting from beachgoers on Christmas Day. Most of the trash is glass bottles or aluminum cans that can and should be recycled.
KBB have organized for Wilmot’s Trucking to collect waste and truck away the bagged trash, so that as quickly as possible the beach can become spotless for the remainder of the holiday period.
KBB’s Executive Director Angel Smith stated, “Christmas Day at Elbow is the closest thing Bermuda has to a ‘Leave No Trace’ event which is even more surprising since there are no real hosts or organizers. Beach-goers have shown great respect for Bermuda’s beauty, and when there are plenty of bins, no one litters.
The Department of Parks cannot be expected to do it all especially during the holidays, so KBB and willing volunteers have stepped in to help.” People who are planning to go to the public beach at Elbow for Christmas Day are asked to help Keep Bermuda Beautiful by using the trash bins provided. If the bins are full, take your trash home with you.
Come back the next day and join KBB’s Boxing Day Cleanup from 10 am – 12 pm, sign up on www.kbb.bm. Everyone is asked to do their part to have a safe, healthy and happy holiday.
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