2011 proved to be a busy year for Tidy Stourbridge. Separating the waste materials where practical to do so, they collected in excess of 420 large sacks of general litter over the year, endless numbers of glass bottles which went to recycling bins and an astounding 320 Kg of drinks cans. To put scale onto that final figure, with an average 50 cans per kilogram that is some 16,000 individual cans! These cans were crushed, sorted into steel and aluminium and then ‘weighed in’ for cash. As a consequence, a three figure sum has been donated to a cancer care charity which has been benefitting from similar income generated from street picked cans by one of the volunteers 86 year old Mother and her friends for many years. Grateful thanks is given to H A Mason, Metal Merchants who added £10 to the total after the end of year ‘weigh in’.
:checking the weights of crushed and sorted cans prior to weighing them in
Tidy Stourbridge is a group of volunteers of all ages and social background, who every fortnight or so convene and spend an hour, sometimes more, picking litter from the streets and public areas of the greater Stourbridge area; additional volunteers are always welcomed; refuse sacks, litter pickers, gloves and high visibility vests supplied. All equipment has been provided by various corporate sponsors and Dudley Council.
Next litter pick Sunday 08 January 2012 at 2pm meeting at the car park opposite Royal Exchange, Enville Street, Stourbridge
sincerely
Alun R Nicholas RIBA
