B Battery 1RHA will be completing a 10 mile Beach Clean on the 17th May 22, and we would love your support. 

Members of B Battery will complete a plastic pollution educational brief and a beach walk on the 17th May 22. The B Bty Beach walk will be a 10-mile route along the Bournemouth coastline from Sandbanks to Hengistbury Head, involving as many people as possible from B Bty all whilst raising awareness of plastic pollution in the UK. 

• Every day approximately 8 million pieces of plastic pollution find their way into our oceans. (OSPAR, 2009)​

• 12 million tonnes of plastic are poured into the ocean every year. (Eunomia, 2016)​

• Scientists have recently discovered microplastics embedded deep in the Arctic ice. (Kelly et al., 2020)​

• Plastics consistently make up 80% of all marine debris studied. (IUCN, 2020)​

• There may now be around 5.25 trillion macro and microplastic pieces floating in the open ocean. Weighing up to 269,000 tonnes. (Eriksen, 2014)​

• 100,000 marine mammals and turtles and 1 million sea birds are killed by marine plastic pollution annually. (UK Government, 2018)​

• Approx 5,000 items of marine plastic pollution have been found per mile of beach in the UK. (Marine Conservation Society, 2016)​

• 90% of plastic is produced from feedstock obtained from fossil oil and gas. (Plastic Atlas, 2019)​

• Producing one tonne of plastic generates up to 2.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide. (Material Economics, 2018)​

• Plastic production has been forecast to grow by 60% by 2030 and to treble by 2050. (Center for International Environmental Law, 2019)​

• Less than a third of all plastic in the UK is recycled. (PlasticsEurope, 2020)

Why 1st Trust?

First Trust, the Regimental charity for 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, which seeks to provide help and financial assistance to serving soldiers, former members of the Regiment and their families; together with support to those that have been injured in the line of duty; and enables serving soldiers to pursue sports, education, and adventurous training.