This grant scheme supports community projects that reduce waste, promote reuse and repair, and help build a circular economy.You can apply for funding between £2,000 and £50,000. Closing date: midday on Friday 6 March 2026. Info on how to apply is here.
Skye Beach Cleans has produced a Debris Identification Guide to help you identify and categorise some of the more common litter items originating from marine industries. Once you have reported the debris on Skye Beach Clean's map, they'll do all the legwork for you,...
by Dan Milner While pink footed geese honked loudly overhead 17 volunteers, including eager kids, joined Sleat Nature Group's community clean of Torabhaig beach on Sunday 26 October. Despite a biting wind and autumnal showers in just two hours the beach had been...
In Partnership with Highland Council | Funded by the Scottish Government Recycling Improvement Fund A New Way to Recycle Electricals in the Highlands This service, delivered in partnership with Highland Council and funded by the Scottish Government, makes it easier...
In addition to empty medicine blister packs and battery recycling bins, Armadale Stores now has another recycling box in the foyer, kindly brought in by one of our customers. It is for your used (or new) ink cartridges and is raising funds for Skye Cats, an...
On 15th August the final stage of international negotiations failed to reach an agreement to create a landmark global treaty to end plastic pollution. Petrostates refused to endorse the draft treaty because it addressed plastic production, which they considered to be...
By Dan Milner Sleat Nature Groups’s marine litter weekend (26-27 July) went with a bang despite the inclement weather! Joining the group this time for their quarterly marine litter survey of Ostaig beach on the Saturday, were Dr Tom Stanton and his team from...
Microplastics are everywhere on Earth, from the depths of the Mariana Trench to the summit of Everest, in the air, the water, in plants, animals and our bodies. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation says soils contain more microplastic pollution than the oceans...