Litter picking sticks - Bowes and Bounds Connected2024-03-29T09:05:01Zhttps://bowesandbounds.org/forum/topics/litter-picking-sticks?commentId=6278630%3AComment%3A91948&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAlan, that's a grand idea....…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-13:6278630:Comment:921142015-03-13T09:21:22.296ZJoanna Burkehttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/JoannaBurke
<p>Alan, that's a grand idea.... I have just emailed Enfield to see if we can get hold of some more litter-pickers for our event next Saturday 21 March. You are very welcome to join us :).</p>
<p>Alan, that's a grand idea.... I have just emailed Enfield to see if we can get hold of some more litter-pickers for our event next Saturday 21 March. You are very welcome to join us :).</p> Good to see lots of people di…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-13:6278630:Comment:920552015-03-13T08:30:13.168ZJoanna Burkehttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/JoannaBurke
<p>Good to see lots of people discussing litter! To all the keen litter-pickers here.... I have just posted <a href="http://www.bowesandbounds.org/xn/detail/6278630:Event:92052?xg_source=activity" target="_blank">a litter-picking event for next Saturday</a>.</p>
<p>Community Clear-Up Day is on Saturday 21 March 2015. This is a 'national spring clean', backed by the Government, that aims to spruce up the country's high streets, residential and business areas, villages and parks.</p>
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<p>Good to see lots of people discussing litter! To all the keen litter-pickers here.... I have just posted <a href="http://www.bowesandbounds.org/xn/detail/6278630:Event:92052?xg_source=activity" target="_blank">a litter-picking event for next Saturday</a>.</p>
<p>Community Clear-Up Day is on Saturday 21 March 2015. This is a 'national spring clean', backed by the Government, that aims to spruce up the country's high streets, residential and business areas, villages and parks.</p>
<p>The BPCA and We Love Myddleton Road group are looking for volunteers to come and litter-pick on that day.</p>
<p>Time: 11.00 a.m, Saturday 21 March</p>
<p>Meet outside the Bowes Park nursery (near the station entrance on Whittington Road).</p>
<p>If you have litter-pickers/grabbers, do bring them. If not we have some to lend to helpers. We look forward to seeing you there.......</p> Have organised cleanup action…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-10:6278630:Comment:917892015-03-10T11:28:57.018ZAlan Sitkinhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/AlanSitkin
<p>Have organised cleanup actions before in the ward but never w/Bowes Bounds friends.Great idea. For sticks etc, you can contact Enfield Council Environment Department (switchboard 379.1000) or let me know and I'll do it on your behalf. The Council has quite a few to hand out</p>
<p>Have organised cleanup actions before in the ward but never w/Bowes Bounds friends.Great idea. For sticks etc, you can contact Enfield Council Environment Department (switchboard 379.1000) or let me know and I'll do it on your behalf. The Council has quite a few to hand out</p> Yes Enfield Council's Environ…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-10:6278630:Comment:919482015-03-10T11:26:02.620ZAlan Sitkinhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/AlanSitkin
<p>Yes Enfield Council's Environment Department has sticks and bags for volunteers. I find it cathartic picking up litter and wonder whether Bowes Bounds friends might like to organise a group day where we descend en masse in our ward? Litter/fly-tipping is a constant nightmare locally - alongside anti-social behaviour on Green Lanes and traffic around Warwick, it's easy one of the top three problems we work on - and anything we can do to improve the situation is good. I know that the people…</p>
<p>Yes Enfield Council's Environment Department has sticks and bags for volunteers. I find it cathartic picking up litter and wonder whether Bowes Bounds friends might like to organise a group day where we descend en masse in our ward? Litter/fly-tipping is a constant nightmare locally - alongside anti-social behaviour on Green Lanes and traffic around Warwick, it's easy one of the top three problems we work on - and anything we can do to improve the situation is good. I know that the people picking up the litter are not the ones who caused it (ie there is something unfair about the proposal) but like many friends I HATE being surrounded by garbage. And it feels good to do something about it.</p> Well done Liz! Taking control…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-10:6278630:Comment:920162015-03-10T09:43:04.657ZGeoffrey Kemball-Cookhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/GeoffreyKemballCook
<p>Well done Liz! Taking control is great.</p>
<p>Well done Liz! Taking control is great.</p> Like Geoff I had mixed feelin…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-10:6278630:Comment:920122015-03-10T09:33:55.182ZLiz Wrighthttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/LizWright
<p>Like Geoff I had mixed feelings about dealing with litter - but in the end I bit the bullet and started dealing with the bins at the corner of Brownlow Road and A406. I regularly lift plastic sacks that have been left on the pavement into the bins. As I am just over 5 foot it can be quite a struggle. However I have noticed that others do join in and pick up a plastic bag when they are passing. Enfield council have been fantastic in supporting this and generally respond when I email to…</p>
<p>Like Geoff I had mixed feelings about dealing with litter - but in the end I bit the bullet and started dealing with the bins at the corner of Brownlow Road and A406. I regularly lift plastic sacks that have been left on the pavement into the bins. As I am just over 5 foot it can be quite a struggle. However I have noticed that others do join in and pick up a plastic bag when they are passing. Enfield council have been fantastic in supporting this and generally respond when I email to alert them to potential chaos re rubbish gathering around the bins. Litter free streets make a huge difference to an area. I just don't want to live in a rubbish tip.</p> I have often thought the same…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-08:6278630:Comment:915792015-03-08T16:39:11.067ZHester Smithhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/HesterSmith
<p>I have often thought the same, you have inspired me, I am getting a picker for me and my daughter and we can do our bit on the walk to and from school!</p>
<p>I have often thought the same, you have inspired me, I am getting a picker for me and my daughter and we can do our bit on the walk to and from school!</p> Done!
Happy picking.tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-04:6278630:Comment:913492015-03-04T14:23:45.814ZCaroline Simpsonhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/CarolineSimpson130
<p>Done!</p>
<p>Happy picking.</p>
<p>Done!</p>
<p>Happy picking.</p> Caroline - thank you very muc…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-04:6278630:Comment:913412015-03-04T11:55:23.653ZMelanie Corfieldhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/MelanieCorfield
<p>Caroline - thank you very much, that is great. I can pop to the Red Sea on Saturday if that's ok.</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone for the advice - brilliant.</p>
<p>Caroline - thank you very much, that is great. I can pop to the Red Sea on Saturday if that's ok.</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone for the advice - brilliant.</p> Today, Sunday, I bought a bra…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-01:6278630:Comment:912242015-03-01T09:38:13.307ZCaroline Simpsonhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/CarolineSimpson130
<p>Today, Sunday, I bought a brand new grabber of the right sort at The Boot Fair for £3.</p>
<p>If you would like to buy it off me, let me know, and I can take it to The Red Sea in Mydd rd and you can collect and give them the £3 for me any time that suits you.</p>
<p>Let me know.</p>
<p>Caroline</p>
<p>Today, Sunday, I bought a brand new grabber of the right sort at The Boot Fair for £3.</p>
<p>If you would like to buy it off me, let me know, and I can take it to The Red Sea in Mydd rd and you can collect and give them the £3 for me any time that suits you.</p>
<p>Let me know.</p>
<p>Caroline</p>