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An environmental group who take a pride in the river Aire between Crown Point Bridge and Thwaite Mill organising community litter picks and caring ...
An environmental group who take a pride in the river Aire between Crown Point Bridge and Thwaite Mill organising community litter picks and caring for local wildlife.
Leeds Dock almond the river including Sayner Road and Armouries Drive. Only one bag of litter but 3 more littered gas canisters !!!
1 bag collected
1 picker
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11 April 2025
The future of two former Canal River Trust litter bins by the river at Leeds Dock has come into question. Leeds City Council are exploring adopting them so they get emptied, it is not happening currently, see photos.
2 bags collected
1 picker
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08 April 2025
Day two of our riverside clean, Tuesday.
Someone got there first, we found 3 Litter Free Leeds purple bags tied up when we got to Old Mill Lane, Hunslet.
Five of us started to pick up any litter we could around the Knostrop footbridge. Several passers by stopped to talk, say thanks. One lady mucked in. By the end we’d added 10 more bags to the total making it 13 in all along with a few items too large to bag including a fishing rod!
Sadly the graffiti artists let us down. Hidden in the bushes near Richmond Bridge was one large paint tin, a paint tray and six aerosol cans. 😡
On a positive note I only found three bags of dog poo 💩 but that is still three too many.
That entire section of the riverbank now looks so much better, I’m sure the nesting swans appreciate what we’ve achieved.
Feeling proud and rewarded, thank you Andrea for the treats for Jill and I aftewards 😊 at Greens Grocers.
13 bags collected
6 pickers
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04 April 2025
Does anyone have any thoughts about how to reduce the amount of dog 🐶 poo 💩 litter we find? On our Friday litter pick, and we didn’t travel far, we must have removed double figures of bagged poo!
We plan to litter pick along the river again on Tuesday and I’m curious how much more we come across.
4 bags collected
3 pickers
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30 March 2025
FotA joined forces with Hunslet Tennants & Residents for a marathon, all day litter pick in Hunslet on Sunday, apt as it was a ☀️ day.
We collected
4 purple bags of #Litter,
a duvet,
several laughing gas canisters,
some damaged furniture,
lots of dumped items of clothing,
a hub cap,
and a few other items too large to up.
#LeedsGoesPurple
4 bags collected
3 pickers
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10 March 2025
Along the river from the Armouries to Richmond Bridge.
7 bags collected
4 pickers
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24 December 2024
A litter pick near the Royal Armouries, Leeds on Xmas Eve.
1 bag collected
1 picker
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04 November 2024
Close to the river Aire in the area around Pig Love Brewing.
1 bag collected
2 pickers
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03 November 2024
Montse cleared 3 bags of rubbish, some firework related, from along the River Aire today.
The Waste Shark swallows floating litter. See it at Leeds Dock most Thursdays.
3 bags collected
1 picker
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29 October 2024
There is at least one more bag of litter available for anyone passing along the towpath.
1 bag collected
1 picker
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24 October 2024
Spotted near Leeds Dock, two bags by a local hero so claimed for FotA.
2 bags collected
1 picker
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16 October 2024
Along the river Aire between Pig Love and Crown Point Bridge on a damp Wednesday morning.
1 bag collected
1 picker
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10 October 2024
One Litter Free Leeds bag filled mostly by the river, finishing under the watchful gaze of the historic Tetley building in the growing Aire Park, Leeds LS10.
1 bag collected
1 picker
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28 September 2024
By the river Aire in South Leeds, Hunslet.
1 bag collected
1 picker
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27 September 2024
Two bags of litter and about ten glass bottles cleared largely along the towpath between Pig Love and Crown Point Bridge along the Aire in Leeds.
Finished on Clarence Road after a latte courtesy of North Star.
It always makes me feel better when someone appreciates what we do for the environment.😉
2 bags collected
1 picker
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20 September 2024
A cleanup of the river Aire with 3 people on Paddle Boards tackling litter from on the river and 2 more picking from dry land.
7 bags collected
5 pickers
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02 September 2024
A second visit to Fox Way in as many days. Still more to do but at least one side of the road is clear and all the visible energy drink plastic bottles have gone.
1 bag collected
1 picker
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31 August 2024
By the river Aire in Hunslet Leeds including Fox Way. That cul-de-sac was so bad we will have to return to finish the job.
11 bags collected
5 pickers
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16 August 2024
A pick close to the river by Pig Love in Leeds LS10. The focus was to collect aluminium cans to be sold for scrap raising money for St Hilda’s church that looks over the area.
1 bag collected
1 picker
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26 July 2024
Rory did under Crown Point Bridge that was in a terrible state, one bag plus lots of glass bottles into bottle bin. Asked councillor to get litter team to sort out under Centenary Bridge at Brewery Wharf.
1 bag collected
1 picker
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Litter picking groups
Litter Picking Groups are people who join forces to work towards a cleaner and greener community.
