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Why we've banned balloons

Posted on Apr 30, 2019

Earlier this month we received a message via Facebook from a Scottish environmental activist. Fiona Rogerson was contacting us as, during a beach clean up, she'd found one of our promotional balloons washed up on the shore. Ours was among around 20 balloons she'd collected from Rascarrel Bay in Dumfries and Galloway. She was understandably angry that balloons were littering the coastline and presenting a potential risk to marine and birdlife. On seeing the picture she sent us we couldn't help but agree with her. The morning after her late night message, our social media team raised...
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