News / Bruck in Boat Hall
THE HISTORY of Shetland’s award winning community spring clean Da Voar Redd Up comes alive in a new exhibition to mark its 25th anniversary.
The exhibition opens at Shetland Museum & Archives’ boat hall on Saturday at 2pm, when organisers Shetland Amenity Trust will announce the winners of their Redd Up poetry competition.
The event will also see the relaunch of the Dunna Chuck Bruck campaign that used to festoon litter bins the length and breadth of the isles in the ‘90s.
The exhibition opens as the early results of this year’s Redd Up reveal another record breaking year with almost 4,600 volunteers lifting more than 15 tonnes of litter.
That is the quantity already collected from mainland skips so far, with isles bruck still to be weighed and more volunteers heading out to clean beaches and roadsides over the next few weeks.
Amenity trust chairman Brian Gregson said the exhibition was a big “thank you” to all the volunteers who have made it such a success.
“As well as celebrating the volunteer’s incredible achievements, the exhibition highlights some of the sources of litter, its potential effects and what can be done to reduce this,” he added.
“There is also plenty of archive material which we hope will spark a few memories and stories about Redd Ups past and present.”
The trust’s environment improvement officer Sita Goudie said the increased amount of litter being discarded had led to requests from communities to reinvigorate the ‘Dunna Chuck Bruck’ campaign.
“While it is fantastic that Da Voar Redd Up attracts so many volunteers, it is disheartening for them to see that the bruck they gather is increasingly from islanders thoughtlessly discarding their rubbish.
“It is important that those enjoying our countryside, whether out for a walk, cycle or drive, remember to put their rubbish in a bin or take it home.
“On behalf of the thousands of volunteers who take part in Da Voar Redd Up, and the wildlife which can be harmed by litter, we would appeal to everyone – dunna chuck bruck.”
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