LERA Litter picking event at the green on New Street Hill

The event took place yesterday, Sat. 2nd May 2015 from 2.00 pm and 4.00 pm. It was a great team effort by all volunteers taking part. They had to battle rough terrain, stinging nettles, thorny brambles and other forms of “aggressive vegetation” to clear out litter.

A big thank you to Michelle, who did a “morning shift” before the main event in the afternoon. Also to Peter, Lins, Peter, Wendy, Stephen and Michael who took part and other residents that expressed their wish to attend other proposed dates.

I would also like to extend a big thank you to LBB Street Cleaning services and Kier contractors, who, promptly, supplied us with litter bags, litter picking sticks and agreed to make a special weekend pickup for the collected litter with their vans.

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It took about 2 hours to do what we considered a first clear out. As you might be to see from our picture, items recovered were of various nature to include beer cans, spirits bottles, building materials and enough car parts, such as tires and wheel covers, to build our own car…;-). A second clear out will take place when vegetation has receded in Autumn/Winter, perhaps just after the leafing season, either in November or next January. Details will be posted on Facebook and our website.

It is LERA's intention, at this stage, to hold regular events to preserve and maintain this great green space for wildlife to prosper in and residents to enjoy. We are very lucky to have this green along with other woodland areas near and around our estate. This should send a clear message from residents to fly-tippers and other inconsiderate individuals. Our residents will not tolerate those who feel that this area is an easy target that can be used as an open air litter bin.

LERA hopes to possibly extend the process to other green areas around our estate that do not fall under the LBB scope of responsibility and to hold regular events to preserve and maintain them.

Sandro Gor
Street Cleaning Issues Coordinator