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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

Great British Spring Clean at Sheerwater Recreation Ground. We collected 10 bags of litter, a traffic cone, a pallet and a tea trolley. Other items of interest included a door handle, a kettle, a pai...

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I'm using the event diary as a blog because there's nowhere else. Have been running Sheerwater Nitpickers for a bit over a month now. We've collected about 30 bags of litter in that time. What we'v...

Monday: The day after the night before

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Thursday Night Out

Regular Thursday evening nitpicking. 2 bags of rubbish collected. Bottles, cans, food wrappers, cigarette ends, only one pre-wrapped bag of doggie poo. Evidence of two evening picnics that had proba...

Nearby Groups

These groups are near to you in case you want to contact them for advice, to offer them support or, for example, to share equipment with them.

The Wombles of Willenhall
We have about 350 members, and about 50 active .This year we have collected 3200 bags of rubbish
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Stretton Parish Council
Parish Council - improving village life for Stretton residents
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Middlewich Clean Team
The Middlewich Clean Team was set up with the basic intention of keeping our town litter free. However we now do much more as we have an education programme working in all of our schools and pre-school groups and have carried out a number of environmental projects. We have a small committee and well over 100 members. Litter picking is undertaken by all members, either by joining a group litter pick or simply by keeping an area litter free. We have also worked with Government Departments on controlling ant-social behaviour and very recently, several of our members qualified as Community Crime Fighters and have been involved in the restorative justice system. We help set up other Clean Teams nationally and are the Mother Clean Team to some of the other organisations included on this site.
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Witham Wombles
We are a voluntary litter picking group in Witham, Essex, who are passionate about keeping our local area tidy and free of litter. We meet up once a month at various locations across the town and are always looking for new volunteers! We love getting the community together and have previously had amazing assistance from the Witham & District Lionesses as well as local schools and Brownies and Beavers groups. We have also been interviewed by BBC Essex and received a Community & Safety Award from Witham Neighbourhood Watch! If you believe an area should be considered for our litter pick locations, please get in touch and let us know. We are also on Facebook and Twitter @WithamWombles
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Palmers Green Action Team
We are a group of local residents who are keen to make Palmers Green a beautiful and thriving place to be. We have ad hoc litter picks which we organise through our volunteer WhatsApp group. We also have an annual spring clean event in the high street. If you would like to join please send us an email!
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Mill Lane wombles
Our aim is to continue keeping Mill Lane England's cleanest lane.
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Edenbridge
The aim of this group is to encourage habitual collection of local litter (and organised group collections) and to dispose of it properly (recycling it whenever possible) especially along the River Eden, while trying to set an example for other local residents to follow.
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Ross Community Litter Clean up Crew RCLCUC
Group of volunteers who love Ross and hate litter. Communities coming together.
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Salisbury Cleanup Group
Aim to clear up litter in and around Salisbury .
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Harman's Cross About Litter/Worth Picking Up
We are part of the Litter-Free Purbeck Group. Our aim is to tackle the litter problem by engaging the broader community to raise awareness of what can be done, not only by litter-picking activities, but also to deal with the varous sources of the problem at corporate and individual levels.
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