A large crowd is gathered in a car park with a beach and the sea behind them. Some are wearing high vis vests, most are holding litter pickers and red or blue bin bags.

Plastoff 2024 start ©NWWT

Rhun Ap Iorweth with 2 members of the mon gwyrdd youth forum on a beach. They are crouched down with a nurdle machine made of a wooden frame and a small metal bin as a drum sieve. One of the girls is turning the handle of the machine to work it.

A whiteboard, with lots of weights recorded for rubbish collected at plastoff. separated into general waste and recycling. The grand total is 302.57 KG

Plast Off! beach clean 2025

Location:

Porth Tyn Tywyn, Aberffraw, Rhosneigr, Ynys mon, LL63 5TE

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Join us for our biggest annual beach clean, Plast Off! A chance to kick start your new year with some positive action for the planet.

Event details

Meeting point

LL63 5TE W3W: ///assist.easygoing.when

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Date

Saturday 11 January 2025

Time

10:00am - 2:00pm

About the event

Kick start the year with some positive action for wildlife and our beautiful local coastline.

Our 8th annual Plast Off! beach clean will be at Porth Tyn Tywyn on Anglesey (which is just along the coast from where we've held previous Plast Off events).

In Porth Tyn Tywyn car park, you will find the North Wales Wildlife Trust Plast Off! base with staff and the young volunteers who are helping to organise this years event (and they're hoping for the biggest turn out and even more litter collected than last year - which was about 500kg).

At our car park base, you will be able to:

Collect beach clean equipment
Explore interesting strandline finds
Learn about different plastics found on the beach (including nurdles and our nurdle machine)
Learn about seagrass from our Ocean Rescue Champions
Find out about our January Half Price Membership Offer
Collect your certificate for taking part!

Schedule

There will be a big group briefing (and group photo too) shortly after 10:00, and then litter picking until around 13:00 when all litter will need to be returned to our base ready for a big weigh-in (and group photo with our final litter haul of course). But for those planning on coming for a shorter time, don't worry, there'll be staff and volunteers available to welcome you after the main briefing too.

Parking

There will be free parking at Porth Tyn Tywyn for anyone attending the event between 10:00 - 14:00. Collect a permit from a member of NWWT staff on arrival (thanks to Bodorgan Estate for their permission for this).

Other things to know

Please bring your own gloves if you have them as we won't have enough to lend to everybody. There will be plenty of litter pickers and bin bags provided.

There will be toilets available and, hopefully, there will be refreshments available to buy from a local vendor (so bring a reusable cup and some money!).

The event organiser and some of other staff and volunteers will speak conversational Welsh, please feel free to use Welsh or English during this event.

Booking

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Price

Donations welcome

Additional booking information

Please book to help us manage numbers,, and do keep an eye on this website event page and social media in the event of adverse weather conditions, for any announcements.

Suitable for

Families, Adults, Experts, Beginners

Know before you go

Dogs

On a lead

Mobility

Porth Tyn Tywyn is a sandy beach which may not be suitable for buggies or standard wheelchairs.
If you have any questions about accessibility please contact charlotte.keen@northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk and mention the Plast-off event.

What to bring

Please bring your own gloves if you have them, we will not have enough for everyone. If you have litter pickers and bag holders feel free to use your own too.
Be aware of the weather forecast and dress appropriately.