Rescue - Rivers and Environmental Spaces Clean Up Event
Sun 15th March 2009
This years RESCUE event was a very successful day, with 105 volunteers taking part over the 2 sessions, with 90 bags of rubbish begin collected.
 Collections in the morning were at TVP Rowing Club (7 volunteers, including Sea Scouts), on the footpath leading from Cutbush Lane to Paddick Drive and around Maiden Place (13), and Laurel Park and the field behind (24).
 In the afternoon 1 group (37) went through the woods to near Brookside Close and then along the pedestrianised part of Gipsy Lane as far as Kilnsea Drive, and a second, consisting mainly of Abbey Junior School pupils and their parents (24) went round Riverside Park.
The quantities of rubbish collected were:
| TVP Rowing Club |
8 black bags (landfill) 2 of cans and plastic bottles 2 of glass and bottles |
| Paddick Drive |
12 black bags 2 of cans and plastic bottles 2 of glass and bottles |
| Laurel Park |
15 black bags 2 of cans and plastic bottles 1 of glass and bottles |
| Reserve and Gipsy Lane |
17 black bags 5 of cans and plastic bottles 4 of glass and bottles |
| Riverside Park |
11 black bags 4 of cans and plastic bottles 3 of glass and bottles |
Thanks to all who turned out to help.
Regards,
Jean
(Thanks to Anne Booth for the photos)
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