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Belfast, 13th May 2011
Coca-Cola Green Coast Awards for Co. Down Beaches
Green Coast Awards have been presented to four beaches in County Down for summer 2011. The beaches, which were named as Murlough Bay, Tyrella Beach, Helens Bay and Rossglass, received their awards at Helen’s Bay beach as well as Cloughey beach receiving a pilot Green Coast Award. This is the fourth year this award, which requires beaches to have excellent bathing water quality, has been running in Northern Ireland, with Wales and the Republic of Ireland also participating.
The award aims to improve and promote the local environment through water quality, safety, litter and waste and information and education on the beach. Patricia Magee, TIDY Northern Ireland’s National Coastal Officer said, “This award runs parallel with the coast care community programme and allows local people to manage their local environment and take pride in what they have on their doorsteps”.
Even with some of the most beautiful coastline in the world sometimes the potential of Northern Ireland’s beaches goes unfulfilled. It is hoped that the efforts made by the recipients of this year’s awards should act as an inspiration to others.The Coca-Cola sponsored Green Coast Award is an environmental award which is a mark of excellent environmental management and water quality. This is good news for our beaches as the award requires the beaches to be managed well into the future, protecting and conserving them for future generations.
Gillian Shields, Public Relations Executive from Coca-Cola HBC Northern Ireland said, “We are proud to support the ‘Green Coast Awards’. As a local company we have been investing in community projects for over 70 years and are proud to partner with Tidy NI, an organisation that is committed to protecting our local environment and championing environmental change for Northern Ireland’s coastline.
Congratulations to all the beach managers and local communities from around Northern Ireland on achieving these prestigious awards”.
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For more information, please contact:
Public Affairs and Communications Manager
Coca-Cola HBC Northern Ireland
Phone number: + 44 28 92 64 2000