On Saturday 30th March we held a litter pick as part of DCC Big Spring Clean Up. Several local residents were joined by County Councillors JD Clare, S Durham and P Howell to litter pick the Horndale estate starting at the Evangelical Church. We picked for one hour and collected 15 bags and several bits of larger rubbish (wood, plant pots, bits of work tops, etc), we covered the streets surrounding the church and shop, we picked lots of small plastics like sports bottle tops and sweet papers. It brings home the harm single use plastics is having on our environment.
We will carry out further picks in other parts of our community over the coming months, if you wish to join us keep an out in the local press and on our Facebook page.
Thank you to everyone who gave their time to improve the lives of others, also thank you to Dorothy Bowman and Ken Robson for the loan of some of the equipment we used.
