Marine Litter Working Group – Data Collections
One of the issues identified by the SIF MLWG was the lack of data to demonstrate the scale of the problem. With this support they have developed a Marine Litter …
Introduction to our Marine Litter Working Group
In 2019 the Scottish Islands Federation (SIF) identified that there was no group from the Scottish Islands that looked at the problem of Marine Litter which was coming ashore. SIF …
Marine Litter Development officer
About SIF SIF is a dynamic federation of island communities working together to have a stronger voice oncommon challenges and to share ideas to accelerate change. SIF is run by …
SIF Marine Litter Summer Data Collection
Results available now You can still view the previous winter data collection results here
The Green Match Fund
The Highlands & Islands Environment Foundation (HIEF) is taking part in the Green Match donation campaign going on right now. Our challenge is to raise £10,000 in donations before noon on Thursday 27th April (ie only …
SIF Winter Data Collection – 2023 results
Over January and February volunteers from across the islands took part in our marine litter data collection project with the key aim of providing better data on island marine litter. …
SIF Big Data Collection – Spring 2023
After our successful trial beach data collection in the winter, we have around 20 beach groups ready to do another round of data collection for our Spring Clean in April. …
SIF Winter 2023 Big Data Collection
A project developed by our Marine Litter Working Group, the Winter 2023 Big Data Collection, aims to gather data on island marine litter as well as test the methodology for …
Working Together on Island Marine Litter Solutions
A Scottish Islands Federation networking event bringing stakeholders together to address problems of removal, reduction and reuse of marine litter on Scottish islands. Marine litter, made up of household plastic …
Circular Economy Bill
Scottish Islands Federation response to the proposed Circular Economy Bill consultation. The consultation sought views on the proposals to develop Scotland’s circular economy, to take a more circular approach to …