Category: Litter Picking

Although the group members have been understandably busy with their own Christmas and New Year festivities, at the time of writing 29 bags of litter have been collected during December making a total of over 150 bags since the group was first formed at the end of August. That is a lot of litter removed from our environment and sadly there will no doubt be a lot more to come.

On December 30th a group pick was organised by Maureen Newton around the Butlers Hill tram stop. The photograph shows Maureen, Christine Eagle and Jean Dow committing 8 full bags of litter fittingly to the dustbin of History!

One more u3a member has joined the group which now stands at 21 members but there is always room for more. If you are interested in joining the group please contact me via the email address litter@hucknallu3a.org.uk

Finally I would like to say a big thank you to all members of the group for their continued help and support and wish them all a happy, healthy and productive 2022.

Val Gant

Group members continue to be very active with at least 38 bags of litter collected so far this month. This means that the milestone of well over 100 bags of litter have been removed from our environment since the first litter pick at the end of August – it’s just a pity that our group needs to exist. Litter is a never ending problem.

This month the winning entry for the strangest items found goes to several intimate pieces of female underwear found on the Washdyke Lane Recreation Ground so if any Hucknall & District u3a member is missing this underwear I’m sorry to have to tell you that it’s been disposed of! There was also a mattress and blanket too but there are limits as to what we can pick up!

Should anyone else wish to join the group please contact the group leader, Val Gant, email litter@hucknallu3a.org.uk