Important: Litter can be contaminated, so we have put together some information to help you handle it safely. Please click on this link to have a read through our Health and Safety Guidance before you go out litter-picking.
Important: Litter can be contaminated, so we have put together some information to help you handle it safely. Please click on this link to have a read through our Health and Safety Guidance before you go out litter-picking.
HEADLINES # 20 Pickers (and 2 Base Team) collected 43 sacks of litter, 4 hubcaps,1 tyre, and miscellaneous items # After sorting, we recycled 420 drinks cans, 291 plastic bottles, 65 glass bottles/jars, and assorted metal A chilly November start, but to keep us warm we collected 43 sacks over a two hour period. We picked eight of the nine parish sub-divisions. In addition to the sacks we collected, a considerable range of miscellaneous car parts, a tyre, a crate, a garden trug, several large containers, and (a litter pick wouldn’t be the same without them) four wheel hub covers. It almost goes without saying that much of the litter was food wrapping and drinks containers. The most popular food wrappings were (as ever) from McDonalds – but all the usual ‘suspects’ (coffee shops, supermarkets, other fast food outlets) were present. The Coca Cola Group headed both the plastic bottles and drinks cans lists again.
Tesco Apple Juice has faded considerably in popularity. After sorting 420 drinks cans, 291 plastic bottles, 65 glass bottles/jars and miscellaneous metal were recycled. .
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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.
An important part of our work is with young people. We have met with Junior schools, Brownies and Cubs, and talked about the reduction of litter and recycling.
We liaise with other environmental groups in the area, particularly those with similar aims to ours and we work closely with the local Borough Council.
We have a website:- www.sandbach-cleanteam.co.uk
Here at CleanupUK, we want to help you to take LitterAction! Wherever you live in the UK, forming your own community litter-picking group will help to keep your community safer, more friendly and free of litter. It’s lots of fun too. Why not muck in and join us?
