I moved to Lyde Green last year and love the area but I've been dismayed by the amount of litter left around. I believe in actions rather than word...
I moved to Lyde Green last year and love the area but I've been dismayed by the amount of litter left around. I believe in actions rather than words so decided to start this group to make things better
We picked 8 bags from around Lyde Green. Some pickers say that the areas they picked were relatively litter free but Elderflower Drive was shockingly badly littered.
8 bags collected
7 pickers
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06 April 2025
We picked 16 bags and two supermarket trolleys from around Lyde Green. We had pledged to collect 15 bags for the Great British Spring Clean, so we fulfilled our goal!
16 bags collected
12 pickers
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02 March 2025
We gave a good cleaning to the footpath leading to Sainsburys at Emersons Green and collected 15 bags of rubbish as well as three shopping trolleys and a car number plate.
15 bags collected
15 pickers
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02 February 2025
We picked 10 bags from around Lyde Green as well as the rubbish along Westerleigh Road from the Folly to the Motorway which was disgusting :-(
10 bags collected
9 pickers
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12 January 2025
19 bags picked up form all over Lyde Green along with two Sainsburys trolleys and a rubber bat!
19 bags collected
11 pickers
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03 November 2024
12 bags and a pressure washer picked up from around Lyde Green
12 bags collected
9 pickers
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06 October 2024
6 bags collected
6 pickers
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01 September 2024
6 bags collected from all around Lyde Green with special attention paid to Howsmoor Lane where the hedges had been cut back making picking easier. Sock, viagra and condom packets were among the less pleasant items we picked up
6 bags collected
6 pickers
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04 August 2024
6 bags collected
6 pickers
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02 June 2024
We picked up 8 bags today around Lyde Green along with a gas cylinder and a gumshield!
8 bags collected
7 pickers
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05 May 2024
Lyde Green as littered as ever, we also picked up a discarded TV and a Sainsburys basket!
14 bags collected
12 pickers
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07 April 2024
We split up and picked around Lyde Green. I managed to fish two shopping trolleys out of the stream and had to push them over the footbridge to Emersons Green Sainsburys
9 bags collected
10 pickers
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03 March 2024
18 bags picked up from al around Lyde Green and the Bristol Science Park along with a water fountain bottle and a scooter
18 bags collected
11 pickers
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04 February 2024
We picked up 14 bags of litter plus an old fire extinguisher!
14 bags collected
9 pickers
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07 January 2024
The most unusual finds were packs of meat with the meat still inside them expired on 27th December :-/
18 bags collected
15 pickers
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03 December 2023
We picked up 6 bags from around Lyde Green Community Centre, and Willowherb Road. Unusual items picked up included a punctured paddling pool and a half burned basket of books!
6 bags collected
6 pickers
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05 November 2023
We picked 6 bags of litter form all around Lyde Green
6 bags collected
8 pickers
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01 October 2023
We collected 2 very full bags along Willowherb Lane and Elderflower Drive
2 bags collected
2 pickers
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03 September 2023
Andrew picked up two bags around Lyde Green Lake and the Community Centre.
2 bags 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.
