A date for your new 2020 diary! It will be Great British Spring Clean time from March 20th to 13th April and Transition Woodbridge plan to be organising several litter picking events during that period in Woodbridge and Melton area for the fifth year.
In 2016 a group led by Transition Woodbridge and Woodbridge WI organised a litter pick over a March weekend as part of the Keep Britain Tidy campaign to Clean for the Queen. Enthusiastic volunteers turned out to remove an appalling amount of litter from our streets, roadside verges, car parks and open spaces in several areas around the town.
Sadly, litter continues to be a problem. There are many individuals who regularly pick up litter on their daily walks and the Rubbish Walks led by Jason Alexander (each month on every 4th Sunday) encourage more people to help clean up the town and the river side.
The Great British Spring Clean litter picks give even more folk the chance to get together to show the love they have for our town and remove the cigarette butts, car park tickets, bottles, cans, sweet and crisp packets, take away food and drink containers and dog poo bags that others carelessly drop. We all hope that one day soon everyone will want to do the right thing and put litter where it belongs – in the bin.
Until that happy day please look out for the posters about the Great British Spring Clean litter picking events in Woodbridge and Melton. You can register your interest in taking part now by sending an email to springcleanwoodbridge@gmail.com and check out the Transition Woodbridge website www.transitionwoodbridge.org.uk where you can find further information on Jason’s Rubbish Walks.
We also hope to be joining forces with the Woodbridge Sea Scouts for the third time this summer for a River Clean. It is so important for the health of our rivers and seas and all marine life that we treat our River Deben with respect and do not allow our rubbish to get into it.