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.
Regular Walk-Ups of Risby Road, Ermine Street north and south from the village will continue throughout March. 3rd and 4th March - Risby Road walk-up resulted in 4 sacks of litter. another 20 odd sacks were soon filled on Ermine Street and the road to Brigg, in a one mile stretch. It is around 7 weeks since we did this lane so we expected quite a bit of litter but not this much! March 10/11 - A walk up of Risby Road again this weekends resulted in 4 full sacks, the other lanes out the village filled another 4. March 12/13 Walk ups of Ermine Street in both directions - another 7 sacks filled March 17/18 Walk up of all the roads leading to Appleby. I can safely say we are clear of litter within a 3 mile radius of Appleby! And dog faeces too, we performed a scoop-up round the village this weekend! Checking my bag tally on my database on the computer today, I see we have now filled 1837 sacks! 25 March - walk up of Risby Road, 3.4 miles.
ONE SACK filled! This is the road we started with over a year ago - that first clean up resulted in 120 plus sacks, and another 60 the following weekend when we re did it. Follow ups resulted in 30 sacks, then 20 and then regularly 6 or 8 sacks. One sack in a week - a BIG improvement! 26 March - Our first evening litter pick of 2012. Ermine Street North as far as the Winterton turn off - TWO sacks filled! .
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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?
