Cruising round the woods, as some of us do, and finding that despite a recent litterpick there was a lot of litter around, some of the OWLs decided to do an extra litterpick in addition to those published on the website.
And five super Owl supporters turned up. With the Covid-specific briefing, and then the health and safety briefing, over we were off on our well-established routes.
Plenty to do in the area where the Epping Forest folk have scrub-bashed one of the entrances. Not sure why they had to do that?!. (“Opening up our entrances”?!!!! Try saying it in a Kenneth Williams voice! Ooohh matron!). The effect of the scrub-bashing has been to expose litter that has been in the undergrowth for years. And shred much of it up.
We always find some unusual items. Maybe someone was into spooning? Or baking – from the look of it it could have cooked something and we don’t mean cakes!
Some good work done in this area – not a hint of litter anywhere (at the moment this pic was taken!).
Yes, we ask people not to throw their rubbish on the ground, but this is a bit extreme! (you might need to look around!)
A bit of hooting and hollering and we managed to get our volunteers back to base for refreshments (all inline with good-practice regarding Covid, including plenty of hand-sanitising)
Then on for more, moving further afield and finding the usual litter in the usual places.
We’re not really sure why, when there’s a black rubbish sack very close-by, guys still throw their sexual debris (used condoms, condom foils, lube sachets and wipes) on the ground beside it. But hey, if you get turned on by having sex while surrounded by, and sometimes treading on, other people’s discarded crap then who are we to judge?!
Plenty to do on The Mound, and of course at this time of year there is no shortage of bottles and cans. At least they get recycled!
Finally back to the car park to staple the bags so that their contents don’t escape. And then to form our traditional display at the road side. Selfridge’s window-dressers would b proud of us (ok, well maybe not!)
Another impressive (or depressing?) total number of sacks considering that it was only 10 days ago that we cleared up the same area. Seventeen sacks of general rubbish and thirteen of recyclables.
Thanks guys. You make a difference.
Our next OWL litterpick is on Tuesday, 6th October.
(Please note, we respect everyone’s right to anonymity and only show pics of those willing to have them posted. No inferences should be drawn from anyone’s participation in an OWL litterpicking session)