A quick briefing and chat about safety and then our volunteers were off into the woods in two groups – which soon became groups and individuals.
Good to have a new volunteer joining us.
Especially as this was the sort of litter we were dealing with. In this case great that so many guys had used the bag. A pity that so much was thrown on the ground for us to pick up.
Some volunteers were able to multi-task. Impressive!
With patrols going on across the woods there was plenty of rubbish being collected and brought back to the car park.
The break is always appreciated – who doesn’t like a free drink and some snacks?! These volunteers seem appreciative!
Out for more in the places that hadn’t been covered before the break and back to base with it.
With all of the rubbish brought in there was only thing left to do – tie the bags and put them beside the road ready for collection by our friends the forest Wardens.
Today we collected the equivalent of 27 of our standard-sized sacks. Our solo litterpickers have collected the equivalent of 35 sacks. Giving a total this month of 62 sacks. What a lot of rubbish!
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No inferences should be drawn from anyone’s participation in an OWL litterpicking session.