If you have a couple hours to spare on Sunday, consider using the time to help make Bermuda “cleaner, greener, and more beautiful”.

Keep Bermuda Beautiful is looking for hands to support its efforts to beautify part of South Road, Southampton near Horseshoe Bay Beach. The event is in partnership with a Greenrock initiative aimed at helping people “experience the immense value our natural environment willingly provides”.

It’s the first community clean-up after the heat of summer, said Angelita Smith, KBB’s executive director.

“We have a community clean-up that we do ten months out of the year. We take a break during the summer and in October, we have our annual coastal clean-up,” she said

“So we are starting back [with] our community monthly clean-ups and that’s taking place in the Southampton area. We do a different parish every month.”

It’s a great chance to get outside, meet new people and do something that will benefit the entire community, Ms Smith added.

“KBB hosts clean-ups year-round across all nine parishes of Bermuda, offering an excellent opportunity for residents to give back while supporting our shared vision of a cleaner, greener, and more beautiful island,” she said.

“This initiative is especially valuable for students, who can earn community service hours.

“We provide all necessary clean-up materials, including trash and recycling bags, disposable gloves, and litter grabbers, and we co-ordinate waste collection with the help of Paul Wilmot and his team at Wilmot’s Trucking, whom we greatly appreciate for their continued support.”

The event is the third in a series of weekly environmental activities organised by Greenrock. The charity’s members and the general public have so far had the chance to explore sustainable farming and wild food foraging in greater depth.

“Through these activities, we aim to teach sustainable practices, raise awareness about biodiversity, and encourage respect for the natural world,” Greenrock said of the programme. “These initiatives are open to all ages, so we welcome schools, businesses, families and community organisations to sign up as members and register for the activities you’ll enjoy.”

Being part of a group of people committed to bettering their island home is one of the reasons why Ms Smith decided to switch careers three months ago.

“This role has allowed me to align my passion with purpose. While my corporate career offered challenges and growth, I discovered that my greatest fulfilment comes from serving a cause that matters deeply to me,” she said.

“KBB enables me to use my leadership skills to drive positive change and contribute to a mission that resonates with my personal values.”

Efforts on Sunday will focus on collecting the 12 most common types of litter ― cigarette butts, plastic packaging, snack wrappers, napkins and paper towels, candy and gum, plastic and cardboard, bottle caps and seals, cups, lids and straws, glass bottles and jars, metal and foil and drink cans.

The garbage will then be separated into bags of tins, aluminium and glass for recycling.

Ms Smith said she believes that although people understand that they should not litter, KBB “can do a better job at getting [the message] out there”.

While reluctant to share more she said that initiatives would soon be announced that would “push recycling and keeping the communities clean”.

“These monthly events reflect KBB’s commitment to litter prevention, waste reduction, and beautification,” Ms Smith said. “Community involvement is essential to changing behaviours and fostering pride in our environment.”

Typically, between 20 and 30 people participate. With the help of family and friends Ms Smith was able to double that number at her first community clean-up and is hoping even more will turn out to help this weekend.

Education is a big part of her remit and the reality is the more that people get involved picking up after others, the less likely they are to litter themselves.

“It’s not helping the environment, our beautiful island home that we pride ourselves on being a beautiful island. It just doesn't go along with what we're advertising [to tourists],” she said.

“I keep going back to the importance of educating the public. It changes the mindset, and we put a lot into our education programmes.

“So we go into the schools, we educate the kids, but I think it's also important to educate adults because we have bad habits and we just keep [littering]. We don't know any better and we don't do better.”

• Join KBB and Greenrock on Sunday at 9am for a two-hour clean-up of South Road near Horseshoe Bay. To sign up visit www.kbb.bm/cleanupnovember or call 799-5142 or e-mail office@kbb.bm. For more information visit www.greenrock.org