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A well attended community litter-pick organised by Chigwell Parish Council has made Chigwell Row more aesthetic and salubrious.

I joined at least 20 volunteers in helping to remove unwanted waste from our streets, which was then placed into green bags, making our streets cleaner and safer on Sunday 27th September 2020.  

The programme began with a short guidance from Anthony Belgrave the Parish Council Clerk, who explained how things would work.  He introduced us to Sam one of the Council's operatives who was driving our new electrically powered vehicle who was ensuring that full bags were disposed of correctly.




Gloves and litter-pickers were provided (though I brought my own) and people got into small groups to clear the rubbish left from selected roads. 

I was joined by Parish Councillor Kewal Channa, Parish Cllr Jamie Braha  District Councillor Sheree Rackham and a local man named Dev, tasked with clearing Lambourne Road.  It really was a super team! 

We collected numerous glass and plastic bottles, tins and waste paper and of course hundreds of cigarette butts. Along the way we placed any full bags onto the council vehicle and filled 4 bags by the end of our shift.

Some very pleasant conversation took place whilst involved with the days event and I will be asking the council to organise a schedule of similar events in the future.  Perhaps once a quarter.

It was very pleasing to see the positive comments about the clean-up on the community whatsapp group, especially the large number of people wanting to join up for the next event. Let's get it on!




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