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Hot Weather

Sheerwater,Woking,GU21 5QQ

17 Jul 2016

23:00

After a hot weekend you'd expect there to be a lot of litter about. Our team went out on Monday evening and we were hard pressed to fill two bags with litter. Covering our usual area of the Sheerwater Recreation Ground and about 1km of the Basingstoke canal we found very little. A virtuous circle may be developing. Less visible litter means that people are less inclined to drop fresh litter. Less litter to pick up means that the council has time to be more thorough and rigorous. Less litter for us to pick up means that we can pay attention to the detail and extend our areas. Star find last night was two unopened cans of Polish lager stashed behind a tree along the canal. I left them outside the door of a deserving neighbour (who happens to be Polish). .

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Halloween pick

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Great British Spring Clean

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Monday: The day after the night before

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Thursday Night Out

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Nearby Groups

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Riley
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Cleaning up our local area and implementing measures to prevent further littering / fly tipping.
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Woodley Adopt a Street Project WASP
A voluntary community group whose aims are that local people adopt an area and help to keep it tidy
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Clean Seas Please
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Broadstairs Town Team Ltd
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12 years
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Parsons Lane
Mostly keeping Parsons Lane (Wilmington) tidy but other local areas too if time permits.
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24 years
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Causeway Litter Collectors
Litter picking in the area along The Causeway, Coopers Lane Road and Coopers Lane.
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Red Lodge Parish Litter Pickers
Red Lodge Parish Litter Pickers are a group which formed after Villagers suggested that the Parish should start a group to tackle the littering in the Village. Councillor Ian Thompson has organised the event with support from the Parish Council, it is to make the Village a more enjoyable place to live and bring the Community together to work as a team.
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WALLYS (Walton Against Lazy Littering)
Walton on the Naze, Essex. Including the town, beach and Naze
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The Townsend Together Team
The Townsend Together Team (3Ts) is an action group for Townsend. The group is made up of residents and organisations. The group has helped reduce crime & anti social behaviour and has improved the local environment, youth provision and community cohesion. The group meets once a month.
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