ANGLESEY will be able to proudly hoist the Blue Flag 2002 banner high above four of its beaches from this week onwards.
 The number of Blue Flag beaches on the island has doubled to four after Llanddona (left), Llanddwyn (Newborough), Trearddur Bay and Porth Dafarch (Trearddur Bay) all passed the strict criteria for environmental management, visitor facilities and clean water. The Blue Flag has become the definitive international measure of beaches, since it began back in 1987. It is an effective monitoring system measuring everything, from accessibility for disabled visitors, to the amount of bins provided and litter left on the beach. Water must be clean enough to achieve the highest standard defined by European Law. Anglesey County Council's chief environmental health officer, Tony Burgess, was delighted with the news: "To achieve a 100% increase in the number of Blue Flag beaches on the island is fantastic," he said. "A great deal of hard work has gone into gaining the award for Trearddur Bay and Porth Dafarch, as well as maintaining the already high standards at Llanddwyn and Llanddona." The Blue Flags are awarded by the Environmental Campaigns Seaside Awards and Blue Flag Campaign (ENCAMS), an independent national charity working for the improvement of local environments. It runs the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign, co-ordinates the People and Places programme and the Seaside Awards scheme for clean beaches. | 
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