Alone we can do something,
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At WestWind, we love our location near the Sea, where we enjoy the most beautiful nature every day, which we would like to help protect.

However, waste is a challenge along the coasts and in Denmark in general.

Danish law dictates that you as a customer must pay DKK 4 for a plastic bag, also when you shop at WestWind. In return, we produce the bags in 80% recycled plastic and send all the money from the sales to Hold Danmark Rent, where the project Ren Natur helps volunteer Danes to collect litter in nature.

At the same time, we support our local associations, which both get the opportunity to help their local areas, while earning money for the club fund.

The Sea Bins, which are unique on the Danish coasts, are also an initiative from Hold Danmark Rent, which WestWind supports. The Sea Bins make it easy for beachgoers to spontaneously collect marine litter and get rid of it quickly in a safe way. WestWind participates also with collection days, where we invite employees and customers to the beach.

We think that is propriety.

To support a cleaner beach environment, SKALL STUDIO and KEEN Footwear contribute to the Sea Bin concept from Keep Denmark Tidy – because both brands believe that everyone can make a difference.

The sponsorship of the Sea Bin concept is part of the launch of the SKALL x KEEN sandal. An even more natural version of the characteristic Uneek hybrid sandal. The collaboration is based on shared values, as both brands were born by the sea; The founders of Skall Studio, Julie and Marie Skall, grew up close to the North Sea, while Keen's goal from the start has been to create sandals that could protect the toes at sea.

The sandals are created in undyed linen and cotton, and with an insole in cork and an outsole in deforestation-free rubber, this sandal is the first Uneek model created in mainly natural materials.

The SKALL x KEEN launch takes place in connection with Nordic Coastal Cleanup Day 6^th of May.

The Nordic Council of Ministers supports the Sea Bin concept through the joint Nordic Coastal Cleanup (NCC). The campaign has existed since 2017 and aims to create a greater awareness of waste in our Nordic seas, through a mobilization of volunteers. The campaign is owned and operated by a working group consisting of representatives from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and Aland.

The financial contribution from the Nordic Council of Ministers will contribute to maintaining the Nordic network, but the network will also be further developed so that there will be even more local activities that mobilize voluntary clean-up of the beaches.

Finally, greater knowledge about the sources and causes of marine waste in the Nordic seas must be created.

Denmark is the only country in the Nordic region where there are Sea Bins and thus Hold Danmark Rent contributes to the Nordic community with the very good results that the Sea Bins repeatedly generates. This is, of course, a great inspiration for the other Nordic countries. 

Strandfoged/beach bailiff is a Danish office that belongs to the police in Denmark and is employed by the respective police districts where it is considered necessary. Beach bailiffs are found along the coast of Jutland from Esbjerg in the south to Frederikshavn in the north.

The beach bailiff's work is carried out on a part-time basis with limited financial compensation and includes inspections of a particular stretch of coastline for strandings and wreckage, as well as reporting to the local police.

When beach bailiff ship began in the 1800s, there could be a lot of wreckage on the beaches, which locals often considered free prey. Today, there are 125 beach bailiffs who are responsible for about 300 kilometers of coastline.

It is the beach bailiffs' task, among other things, to pick up objects on the beach in connection with the landing of wood, buoys, and other things of value. They also look for marking/shielding places on the beach, e.g. for land-driven animals, mines, or anything else where it is important that no people come in the immediate vicinity.

The beach bailiffs are also "Police messengers" on the beach if you get inquiries from tourists or other people on the beach. For example, it may be about suspicious objects, oil or something else.