Weymouth Welcomes First Beach Waste Artworks

Weymouth Town Council’s first Beach Waste Sculpture Project has arrived on the seafront.

The Town Council has worked with a local school, a college, and a youth group to create the eye-catching artworks to help draw attention to the impact of beach litter.

Three artwroks have been created to raise awareness about the issue using litter either collected from the beach or around the town. Young people who have worked on the project come from Space Youth Project, Wey Valley Academy, and Coastland College.

More details about each sculpture is below:

Sculpture 1

Catch of the Day text: ‘O-Fishially keeping our ocean space clean for all of us; don’t be ‘shellfish’! Made with kindness, love and rubbish. Space are a charity which support LGBT+ young people across Dorset.

For more information visit www.spaceyouthproject.co.uk/

Sculpture 2

Text: Sealife banners made from waste inflatables left on the beach which were provided to Coastland College by Weymouth and Portland Marine Litter Project. The designs are loosely based on local sea life and show what is at risk from discarded inflatables.

Sculpture 3

Text: Meet Doros, the guardian of the tides. Doros is made from old school books and recycled plastic bottles collected by students at Wey Valley Academy as part of a project raising awareness of sustainability, waste and re-use. Doros hopes you will help keep the ocean litter free!

The sculptures are intended as a talking point and to encourage people to either take their waste home with them or dispose of it in the bins provided along the seafront.

This is one of a number of initiatives to tackle litter on the beach. As well as the Beach Waste Sculpture project, there are two eye-catching bins placed on the seafront designed to make recycling easier, these include the Bin for Green Seas, and a whale both pictured below.

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