How you can get involved

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Litter Picking

Hello and welcome! You will find we are a friendly bunch and we would love to see you at one of our group picks. In the meantime, please feel free to pick in your local area. It’s not rocket science, acquire a litter grabber, bag and off you go! 

We ask that wombles complete the litter tally chart at the library to record the bags picked that week and our grouped numbers will be entered onto the Northants Litter Wombles data sheets. Please also take a look our risk assessment so you do not put yourself or others into any danger.

Equipment

Brackley Town council will loan out equipment and some may even be happy for you to keep it but if you want to buy your own, there are litter pickers/grabbers in Poundland (£3), Amazon (around £7-13) and Helping Hands Environmental (£16).

You may find using a hoop to keep open the bag is very useful, again these can be found on Amazon, Helping Hands and other DIY stores. Gloves, sturdy footwear, eye protection and hi vis are also recommended. Our "Uncle Bulgaria" recommends a pair of pruning shears to remove any cable ties around lamp posts.

Bags

The council contractors will collect your rubbish if there is not enough room in your domestic bins. The councils have also kindly asked wombles not to leave bags next to bins for collection as this attracts fly tipping.

There are different procedures depending where you live.

South Northants – Please email waste.snc@westnorthants.gov.uk for bag collection

Turweston – Please email streetscene.av@buckinghmashire.gov.uk

or use FixMyStreet to get items taken away such as flytipping

 

If you want to find out more, please get in touch with Trish who organises our community litter picks. 

Email tsavill.lib@gmail.com



 

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