Plastic Free Helensburgh Update

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Plastic Free Helensburgh report to H&L ACPG May 2025
Storm Eowyn cleared much of the debris from Craigendoran and Helensburgh Pier to sea.  
Monthly joint PFH and HCC, last Saturday in the month, 100m stretch from the Pier to the Hendry
Bell Monument commenced 28/03/2025 March. 
There was sufficient incoming rubbish entangled seaweed and wood to fill the 20 yard skip. Thanks
to A&B for the skip and Tractor driver David Howie Drumfork Farm.
And additionally as well as heaving wood into the skip 30 people cleaned and collected 84kgs/
379litres of rubbish.
19th April 2025 East Bay 16 people collected 25kg and 73litres plus 280kgs ~ 200lites of sand and
small debris from centre piece.
26/04/2025 Saturday at the Pier 17 people 12kgs 55 litres. This represented hundreds of small
pieces and a huge effort. Cleans will continues until October. 
Great British Water Blitz
PFH sample 16 burns and outlets along the front and up through the town and periphery. Rhu and
Shandon sampled 20 places and Cardross 3.
Combined we collected 1% of the UK wide results.
Happy to report that other than two burns in Helensburgh and one outlet in Rhu that tested moderate
for PO4 and NO3 and two outlets in Shandon with concerning high levels the rest were in good
health on this test. Thanks to all the teams.
UK wide results
https://www.freshwaterwatch.org/pages/great-uk-waterblitz-
results?utm_source=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.earthwatch.org.uk%2Fearthwatcheulz%2F&utm_medi
um=email&utm_campaign=GUKWB+Thank+you&utm_term 
Report on CCAP Coastal Change Adaptation Plan Enabling meeting Garelochhead to Cardross.
This gave an overview of work by JBA consulting and council officers on 1st stage .
Stage 1: Use of available data and studies to summarise coastal hazards, risks,
associated economic impacts and frame it in the context of coastal adaptation
planning. The outcome is to highlight the direction of travel within the context of
CCAPs