Category: Litter Picking

Members of the Litter Picking Group took advantage of April’s lovely sunny weather and in total collected 21 bags of rubbish from our area.

Two new members to the group, Jill and Sue, went out on their inaugural litter pick, thus ‘doing their bit’ to help make our environment a better place to live. Thank you and well done Jill and Sue.

Should anyone else wish to join our litter picking group please contact me as per the interest group details at the end of the newsletter. A tabard and equipment will be provided.

 Val (Gant)

In March a total of 20 bags of rubbish were collected by members of the group.

One member, Maureen, sent out a request for help in clearing litter around the bushes near Butler’s Hill Tram stop before the spring growth. There were a few offers of help but eventually this request was met by David R. Together they collected 6 bags of general rubbish, several tins of ‘stuff’, a nitrous oxide (laughing gas) cylinder, a pair of pants, a shirt, a coat, 2 bags and an umbrella frame. It was difficult for them getting to rubbish in the brambles but the area now looks much tidier so a big thank you goes to Maureen and David for their efforts.

If anyone knows of any ‘grot-spots’ which need our attention please let us know and we will do our best to help.

Val (Gant)

With the onset of longer daylight hours and an improvement in the weather, litter louts seem to have been out and about more – but so have our litter pickers who have managed to clear our areas of 25 bags of rubbish during February. The most bizarre item which one litter picker found this month in Washdyke Lane Park was a large traffic bollard which has since been placed next to a litter bin in readiness for collection by the council.

Starting on Monday 3^rd March Ashfield District Council are rolling out ‘The BIG Ashfield Spring Clean’ as part of their commitment to make Ashfield a cleaner place to live, work and visit. Residents are invited to dispose of a small amount of bagged household waste during their designated week and on top of this, Flying Skips will be out and about across the District for you to dispose of extra waste, toys and bric-a-brac. See the Ashfield District Council website for full details.

Val (Gant)

In January members of the group collected 13 bags of litter which is quite a lot taking into account the mainly inclement weather, so thank you litter pickers!

For the whole of 2024 a total of 215 bags of litter were collected and correctly disposed of by the group 🚮. Sadly this is only a small proportion of rubbish dumped in and around Hucknall but we are doing our best to help improve our environment so if anyone knows of any particular grot spots please do let us know.

 Val (Gant)

Members have obviously had other things to do on the run up to Christmas. However, one member has managed to collect 9 bags of rubbish and other members have collected small amounts of litter on their perambulations and disposed of it in the nearest litter bins. No doubt there will be plenty for us to do when normality resumes.

On behalf of the Litter Picking Group may I wish all members of Hucknall & District u3a a healthy and happy 2025.

Val (Gant)