My small contribution to #WorldCleanupDay2024, collected on my walk back from the supermarket.
All single-use items, many of which were plastic bottles, or aluminium cans.
Now in my recycling bin, or alternative in the case of coffee cups & crunchy plastics.
Litter warning after hundreds of animals injured in Devon and Cornwall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-68544131
The Great British Spring Clean runs 15th to 31st March.
Do your bit and tidy our nation. We're the dirty nation of Europe.
No bin? No excuse (to drop it, or stuff it in a hedge). Take your litter home.
Group clears 1,300kg of waste from beach in 2023
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjqp48z1vkpo
Wonderful work by this group of volunteers.
Sadly, litter is a world-wide problem, whatever form it takes.
We all have a duty to keep the planet tidy and as habitable as possible for all.
Those who produce packaging need to reduce it as much as possible, and #StopGreenWashing us into believing they are environmentally-friendly when they're not.
Cleaners remove 60 tonnes of rubbish from Isles of Scilly
OMG
I understand.
It's all clear to me now.
My personal philosophy is "Womble".
I grew-up on this!
The Wombles had the circular economy all figured out back in 1968. We should all aspire to be like the Wombles.
"Making good use of the things that we find, things that the everyday folk leave behind..."
And here's one of the delightful original episodes, if you've never seen them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P2a1oWmEQI