In the past the people of Shetland would recycle things found on the beach but that was in the days that most things were organic. As time went on inert rubbish built up causing eyesores in the landscape.
The Redd Up was done as a one off to clean Shetland up for the tourists. this one off has grown under the organisational support of the Shetland Amenity Trust
Now over 12% of the community join in making it probably one of the best examples in Europe.
Shetland Friends of the Earth decided to adopt the area leading up to the Nesbister Bod. The beach faces South so gets a lot of wind blown rubbish. It is also quite far from the road. The Bod can be seen in the background of the picture on the right while our solution to getting the bags off the beach is on the left.
