{"id":889,"date":"2019-02-05T13:56:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T13:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/?p=889"},"modified":"2019-02-05T13:56:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T13:56:03","slug":"take-5-for-the-forth-is-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/?p=889","title":{"rendered":"‘Take 5 for the Forth’ is launched"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rachel writes:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Now that the club is up and running with the Green Flag aim, we can fill you in with the wider plans.\u00a0Marianne and D\u00f3nal are helping to co-ordinate this and Keith is willing to help with 45ft logs!!<\/p>\n

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That 45ft log in full (almost)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marianne has come up with our slogan: ‘Take 5 for the Forth’.\u00a0There is a clean beach initiative in Australia called \u2018Take 3 for the Sea\u2019<\/a>\u00a0, so QRC has taken up that idea and extended it. As a crew we are 5 and while we are on the Forth, we can take 5 mins to collect 5 pieces of rubbish\/plastic from our coastline and take it with us to dispose of in the proper manner: recycling in a clear bag and rubbish in the general waste.<\/p>\n

The aim is to be aware of rubbish while out on the water or stopping on the beaches, and to ‘Take 5 for the Forth’ as a matter of routine.<\/p>\n

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Port Laing – just one of the Forth beaches our crews visit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Keith would like to carry out a \u2018Breakwater Blitz\u2019 at low tide, with 5 club members taking 5 mins or more to remove the litter we so often see washed up there. Dates will be arranged, and photos taken as evidence.<\/p>\n

We can also take part in the Community Clean-up at the marina, on a date to be confirmed.\u00a0I spoke to James from Port Edgar Watersports<\/a> about the picnic area in front of the QRC shed. They are about to start a new season and we discussed appropriate recycling bins.<\/p>\n

I then spoke to Russell Aitken, our landlord. He is\u00a0 “delighted” we at QRC are taking a lead on recycling and he explained the marina’s environmental arrangements.\u00a0There are two large red BIFFA containers towards the top carpark entrance.\u00a0\u00a0One is for general waste, the other for dry mixed recyclables.\u00a0\u00a0Whatever we collect as recyclable must be in a clear bag to be accepted from that container.\u00a0Russell has agreed to look into getting recycling bins for the picnic area, and these will be emptied by the marina maintenance staff in the normal manner.<\/p>\n

In our shed we now have a new bin, fitted with a clear bag, marked Dry Mixed Recycling for our own materials, to be taken away to the appropriate red BIFFA. When it’s full, please feel free to drop it in on your way home!
\nIn the bow of each of our boats, we have an orange bag containing rubber gloves and a roll of bin bags – they will now be part of the boat’s regular kit.<\/p>\n

As we start to plan our own regatta for 1st June, we can make arrangements to be as \u2018Green\u2019 as possible.<\/p>\n

Thank you everyone! If we all help with this, we will be making a difference to our coastline, and we will have enough evidence to submit a report in October to apply for our Green Flag<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photos and evidence are vital for this, so please take note of what we are doing as we go along.\u00a0Any more ideas, let us know.\u00a0\u00a0Prize up for grabs for the most interesting \/unusual item found!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rachel writes:\u00a0\u00a0Now that the club is up and running with the Green Flag aim, we can fill you in with the wider plans.\u00a0Marianne and D\u00f3nal are helping to co-ordinate this and Keith is willing to help with 45ft logs!! Marianne has come up with our slogan: ‘Take 5 for the Forth’.\u00a0There is a clean beach … Continue reading “‘Take 5 for the Forth’ is launched”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":890,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions\/890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}