Big Thames clean up call for volunteers
VOLUNTEERS are rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck in with cleaning up a grotty stretch of the Thames. The waterways charity Thames 21 is carrying out its first deep clean of the year at the Isle of Dogs on March 12 and 13 when the river is at low tide
VOLUNTEERS are rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck in with cleaning up a grotty stretch of the Thames.
The waterways charity Thames 21 is carrying out its first deep clean of the year at the Isle of Dogs on March 12 and 13 when the river is at low tide.
It is appealing for volunteers to help de-clutter the rubbish that ends up along the foreshore at Limehouse Reach.
ROUND THE BEND
You may also want to watch:
The Isle of Dogs is one of the most littered sections of the Thames because of the sharp river bend, where much of London's flotsam—especially plastic bags—gets dumped by the current. The charity last year cleared away 30,000 bags from the foreshore.
Volunteers dressed suitably in old clothes are being invited to join the cleaning 8-11.30am on March 12 and 8.30-11am the next day, meeting at Newcastle Draw Dock, off Saunders Ness Road, Millwall.
Most Read
- 1 Teenager found dead in Victoria Park
- 2 Driver arrested after police 'drugs patrol' stops car in Whitechapel
- 3 Two in five people in Tower Hamlets may have had Covid-19
- 4 Post deliveries in east London hit by Covid crisis among Royal Mail staff
- 5 Disgraceful management of the pandemic
- 6 'I can save the planet with my seaweed' scientist in east London claims
- 7 Drug and alcohol abuse by Tower Hamlets parents and children soars
- 8 Leyton Orient boss Embleton expecting more movement in the transfer window
- 9 Leyton Orient sign Dan Kemp on a permanent deal from West Ham United
- 10 Leyton Orient seal late victory over Morecambe