2017 Ton of litter challenge

Today I spent 3 hours pulling 7kg of mostly plastic, out of the lake and river Ise at Wickstwed park in Kettering. Found a bra, some jogging bottoms and lots of Hippie crack cannisters, haaaa. I rec...

This year's 1 Ton campaign will focus on the chronic plastic pollution in the River Nene and River Ise. Following the recent Blue planet documentary on marine plastic pollution and its effect on life ...

On Tuesday, I'll be on the verge of insanity, when I clean up the A14 between Pytchley road and the leisure village. If I survive, I'll be sure to post my brain back to Apple for a much needed update...

I'll be mud larking during the 11th litter pick of the 2018 river campaign on Wednesday 6th. I'll be starting with using the 6ft picker to clean-up the multiple blockages on the surface of the River I...

We'll be picking the Slade brook and verges of the KLV lake. I believe it's also being filmed by the Beeb.. On Wednesday, I will do the very stupid thing of trying to finally begin the clean up of t...

I'll be out and about in the Slade brook on Northfield Avenue, testing out my new 6ft long, monster, Helping hands Streetmaster. The only picker which allows the plucking of feathers from the underbel...

During the 8th pick of the 2018 one tonne River Clean-Up event, I've decided it would be better to do a pick of the Slade brook, prior to the Leisure village pick, next week. Obviously picking upstre...

Today, me and a colleague from Asda fished the Nene at Thrapston and the Willowbrook fishery lake adjacent to the stone bridge on Bridge Street. This is the 6th pick of the 2018 1 Tonne River Clean-...

On Thursday 07th March, me and a friend went fishing along the Ise between Burton Pocket park and Finedon road. During our walk, we picked up about 1KG of plastic bottles from the river and a bread b...

Hopefully I'll be completing the clean up of the River Ise between Wicksteed's park and South Farm Marsh SSSI on Monday. The river is heaving with flotsam and jetsam especially around the high water ...

The woodland, behind Asda, is no doubt in need of a good clean by now, so I'll be hitting it whilst being clocked in, on the 27th at 8am. The Asda entrance road slip way down to the Sladbrook has bec...

Whilst attempting to fish in the heaviest rain of the year, me and a friend picked about 20 pieces of plastic from the donut and the river/lake section. Mostly historical litter, but there were a fe...

Today, following the robbery of an Asda colleague who was fishing in South Farm marsh SSSI, loosing his rod and reel to 3 eastern europeans, I decided to clear some of the rubbish that has been left ...

Having recently driven the A509 to Wellingborough, the tipping point has been reached and we've decided to clean up the verges. Unfortunately we've been discouraged from doing this by the local clean...

During my day off work, I'll be trying to improve roadside litter around Aldwinkle, picnic litter in the plantation near Barnwell village and hopefully the two fields which adjoing the Pilton to Lilfo...

Yesterday my brother and I had a day's fishing at Spinney lakes in Wellingborough. We walked down the River Nene to Ditchford, picking up the unfortunately ubiquitous Tyskie, Lech and Specjal beer c...

We've had numerous complaints about the flytipping incident in the top corner of the Asda Kettering carpark. Basically a company has taken on the garden centre and a skip appeared and was filled. Fo...

Today I got a chance to do some fishing on the River Nene, at the Grange Farm fishery(part of the Willowbrook complex), between Bridge Street and the A14 bridge in Thrapston. On my return, I collect...

Amanda McDade recently emailed a request from local councillor Ashley Davies, to hold a pick of the woodlands between Asda and Malham Drive. We will be spending a day on Saturday the 26th August, gett...

Spent 10 hours on my day off picking from Lower Street, up to Cunliffe Drive. I manage to remove 2 trolleys, 80KG of litter in total, which included about 400 pieces of McDonald's packaging and a ba...

Next Tuesday I'll hopefully be able to finally complete the A43 Corby link Road clean-up. It has been a monumental picking challenge, taking 6 days of picking, comprising over 35 hours of picking on ...

I took a walk around Wadenhoe to check for illegal fishing and litter, collecting 10KG in 1 bag. I managed to walk through to below Wadenhoe house and collect a plastic tray that I'd left in the bus...

Had a few hours picking the Pilton drove road and up to Lilford and either side of the river. Lots of plastic removed from the river and its banks, so the wildlife have a better place to live. I co...

Picked on several days, around the banks of the Ise, so lots of plastic removed that would of blown in and ended up in the stomachs of seabirds and fish.

Today I picked the penultimate section of the Corby link road, mostly wooded verges, between the Rockingham road roundabout and the old farm ruins behind Harvester. This was a gruelling pick, deep cl...

I took a drive around Wadenhoe and Pilton today, walking the nature reserve and picking the Wadenhoe to Pilton road and the Pilton to the A605 road. I collected 1 10KG bag and a gas cylinder, from W...

Hopefully I'll be getting some extra help from Neil and a few others from work, for this monster pick of the woodland adjacent to Kgh. It is full of trolleys and huge amount of rubbish, so we're hopin...

Unfortunately my Grand mother died yesterday, so wasn't in the most eager of moods. However, I did get out today and did a pick of the Asda perimeter fence and the Slade brook corridor/path along Nor...

On Wedneday, I'll be returning to the A43 link road for the 3rd pick, this time cleaning up the Kettering end. Last week we ran out of bags, so hopefully I'll have a fresh supply, so that I can clear ...

Today we cleaned up the banks and bed of the River Ise in Barton Seagrave. Unfortunately the building of new houses by Redrow homes, has pretty much ruined what was an SSSCI. A constant flow of dog ...

Today I started picking at 7am, cleaning up the middle stretch of the A6186 link road. It was numb fingers and toes time for a few hours but the sun came out later and it turned in to a really nice d...

This morning I set out early and did a quick clear up of several swims around Wadenhoe. It was only one bag and there was a bit more to collect, but I'll give it a few weeks and give it a deep clean....

Today we'll be picking the pedestrian path and green verges of the Slade brook on Northfield Avenue. This event coincides with the Kettering Rotary club's pick of the Railway Station to Lower Street....

On Thursday we'll be commencing the 2017 1 Tonne Litter pick by doing a pick of the heavily littered A43 link road between Weekley and Rockingham Road. It's looking like a bit of a litter carpet, so ...

Today we visited Barnwell Country Park and also the Nene up to Barnwell lower lock. We picked 2KG of litter from the banks, mostly at the lock again. Most of the litter seems to be from boaters, wi...

Had a few hours around the WDNAC fishery at Ringstead today, plenty of Roach and a Bream, and 1 bag of litter from the Donut, Serpent and the River Nene up to the weir towards Irthlingborough. A very...

As part of our ongoing aim to keep the River Nene corridor clean and safe for both wildlife and the public, Wadenhoe reserve and the river from Barnwell mill, up to the Oundle lock were picked during ...

Unfortunately this morning we had to remove more litter from Wadenhoe reserve, with the same swim at the point, suffering each week from beer cans and angling litter. Illegal fishing and drinking on ...

Lots of rubbish has built up in this street, despite increased council picks being promised. Today I cleared up what I could, but unfortunately didn't have the equipment to dispose of the drug needle...

Whilst out and about fishing, we came across a full sack of litter, dumped in the undergrowth adjacent to the Harold bridge at the River Ouse between Harold and Carlton. I managed to clear quite a fe...

Wadenhoe nature reserve is a regular haunt of illegal poachers who leave a large amount of Polish Lager cans. After talking to a local dog walker, apparently organised groups of these people have be...

On the way back from the dentist, the top of Westfield Park had been heavily littered by McDonald's customers and drunks. I did an unplanned pick, putting the rubbish in the council bins. Then walki...

Today during a fishing trip, I did a pick of all the swims on Wadenhoe nature reserve. A shocking amount of litter was discovered, considering I only cleared it 2 weeks ago. After clearing a whole b...

It has been a good while since I last cleaned the woodland which soaks up a great deal of our packaging litter. The cut-through, which sits between our petrol station and the carehome in the Furnace ...

During a few hours of early morning fishing today, I stumbled upon a flytipping site, in the bushes adjacent to the top lock at Wadenhoe. Luckily I'd put several large council litter sacks and a help...

This year's sponsored 1 Ton litter pick has kicked off with 135KG collected from the Northfield Avenue Slade brook green corridor. I picked for 8 hours and had a really enjoyable day in the gorgeous s...

No-one reads this, so what's the point writing about it. Picking up more rubbish basically. No-one reads this, so what's the point writing about it. Picking up more rubbish basically.

Spent the morning, between 7.30am and 11am, getting the brook back to a good state, picking the water course, banks and paths, between McDonalds and Lower Street bridge. The biggest issue was caused ...

We'll be starting at Rockingham road and picking through along the A43 link road and on to the Boughton House wall as far as Geddington.

We'll be coming back for the third and hopefully final time to clear the woodland adjacent to the Rothwell Rd. railway bridge. Hopefully I'll go on to pick the A43 link road, Boughton house wall and ...

In the fourth pick of the 2015 1 Ton pick for Kettering Angling Association, we'll be continuing our clean up of the Northfield Ward. Starting at Hill Street, we'll be clearing the Slade Brook up to f...

The Asda Kettering sponsored 1 Ton litter pick, continued in our community this week, seeing Neil and I clearing the riverbanks near our store. This year we are raising much needed funds for Ketterin...

Having talked to local residents recently, the extent of the litter at the Kettering General Hospital site on Rothwell Rd. was highlighted as a major concern. After a visit this week, I've seen exactl...

This morning we will be getting out and about in the Northfield ward, concentrating on litter picking up the usual spots, which haven't had a proper clean since the culmination of our 1 Ton litter pic...

To mark the 4th Anniversary of the opening of Asda in Kettering, I will be collecting 5 Kilograms for every week that the store has been in operation, totaling 1 metric ton of litter removed from our ...

As we approach our ultimate goal of 1000KG, we'll be clearing the woods between us and the railway track. I've got about 8 volunteers, so should be a quick job. I'll then be finishing up the job on th...

In the 5th pick of our 2014 1 Ton Litter pick for Children In Need, we will complete cleaning up the A43 link road, moving on to the wall around Boughton House, the A6003 Corby road, the Glendon to Ro...

Today, we're going to tackle the ever present litter on the A43 link Road, between the A6003 Corby Road and the A43 Geddington Road. This will be the 4th event so far in the 1 Ton sponsored pick for B...

Today, Friday 24th of October, I will be focusing on the woodland behind the Asda store on Northfield Avenue in Kettering. This site has received much attention in the past, due to the high volume of ...

Today, 22nd of October, our group hit the Slade Brook, between Lower Street and Dyson Drive. Although the pick started off with the intention of just sprucing up the work we did a few weeks ago, in th...

To kick off the 1 Ton Children In Need charity pick this year, we'll be clearing the wooded area behind the Asda petrol station and then moving on to the Slade Brook green corridor along Northfield Av...

On the 2nd of September, I had a walk around Wadenhoe Island and the SSSI, collecting a bag of rubbish. Most of the litter was Angler's tins and plastic, tucked away in the adjacent undergrowth, which...

Since the 1 ton Tidy-up at the end of last year, litter has been gathering strength along Northfield Avenue and especially around Maddison apartments, due to litterbugs using the bridge to get to Hill...

In the spirit of Asda's continuing commitment to positively engage within the community of which it is part, Colleagues at the Northfield Avenue store have taken up the challenge to remove 1 metric to...

On the 20th June, as part of the Asda Kettering 1 ton Tidy-Up, we will be finally taking on the litter which has collected around the perimeter walls of Boughton House. In addition, we will also do ou...

In conjunction with Kettering, Thrapston and district Angling Association, our group will be addressing the big problem of flotsam and jetsam being deposited on the low banks of the Slade and Ise. Thi...

Our group will be tackling the litter problems that are particularly bad beneath the Madison apartments and behind the petrol station at Asda. Hopefully the weather will hold back and we'll do some go...

Diane, the community colleague at Asda in Kettering, has organised a litter pick on 12th September to clear up the heavy litter problem in the Woodlands which separate the petrol station from the new ...

SeeItPickItBinIt will be holding a two day 'Summer Spruce Up' event, aiming to make a positive change to the litter problem in Kettering and Burton Latimer. Northfield Avenue, especially aro...

This month's clean-up will aim to tackle the environmentally damaging plastics, which are thrown and blown into the boating lake at Kettering's Wicksteed Park. As part of our weekly environmental p...

StAndrews Community green corridor, winter litter pick. Colleagues at Asda in Kettering will be concentrating on the wooded area behind the petrol station, as well as the strip of land between the sto...

Litter removal on the river Ise and boating lake at Wicksteed Park. 1st and 13 JULY 2011 On the 1st and 13th of July, we concentrated on cleaning in and around the boating lake at Wicksteed Park. A go...

Asda in Kettering will be cleaning up the wildlife corridor, formed by the course of the Slade Brook, between 6am and 11am on June the 10th. This month's efforts will focus on the stretch between the ...

STANDREW'S COMMUNITY SPRING CLEAN LITTER PICK SATURDAY 26TH MARCH- 10AM Kettering, Northamptonshire. St Andrew's ward community litter pick will be held between 10am and 12 mid-day, on Saturda...