In last week's blog we heard from Sue Patchett why she is a regular litter picker, in this one we hear from her side kicks John Tickner and Chris Tribe.
rubbish that gets dumped, but it's rewarding to be able to stand back afterwards and admire a cleaned up stretch of riverbank. We live in hope that seeing a cleaner river will encourage more folk to appreciate it and treat it with respect." Finally why does Chris Tribe do it: "My interest in the river came about because as a fly fisherman I fish it regularly and I was impressed at how the river in Keighley is a corridor of nature running through an otherwise urban landscape. I regularly see Dippers, Wagtails, Kingfishers and other wildlife and of course the Brown Trout and Grayling are beautiful. So I’m proud of the Worth but the litter, business debris and fly tipping along it’s banks sometimes make it look like a rubbish tip. I think the river and the people of Keighley deserve more. That’s one reason I turn out regularly to litter pick".
"Plastic pollution of our seas is at catastrophic levels. Between 4.8 to 12.7 million tonnes of plastic enter our oceans per year (Science Journal 2010) and it is estimated that between 1.5 to 2.4 million tonnes originate from rivers Working on the green principle of “Think globally, act locally” it seems the right thing to do to stop the plastic in our river getting any further downstream. That's why I litter pick". If you would like to be part of making the river and Keighley a better place please contact River Worth Friends
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