Friends of the Farm led another community clean up last week, focusing our efforts around the old bridge.
We were joined by several of our regular volunteers, along with a couple
of newcomers. One local resident came
along with his daughter for the first time, seeing this as an opportunity to
show her the importance of caring for the environment. Several other people had noticed a build up
of rubbish along the shoreline recently and felt that a clean up was timely.
With 16 pairs of willing hands and an hour
of our time, we managed to collect 12 big bags of rubbish from the picnic area
and alongside the bridge. Once again,
there was a lot of single-use plastic around, and piles of old bottles hidden
in the mangroves. Time to lobby our MPs
about container deposit legislation!
Big thanks to everyone who came along and to Auckland Council for your support.
If you missed out this time, another opportunity to get involved in a
community clean up is on its way! Pencil
Saturday 4 March into your diaries and join us for Love Your Coast Mangere Bridge, brought to you by Friends of the Farm and Sustainable Coastlines as
part of their big Manukau Harbour clean up for 2017 (For more details, look out
for our posts on Neighbourly and Facebook).
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