60-strong team blitzes Wells litter

§  Deborah Woolven-Orrett with some of the collected litter

No one likes litter but not everyone is happy to pick it up.

So we can be grateful to Deborah Woolven-Orrett who organised a team of 60 volunteers to collect discarded rubbish from all the residential streets in Wells and most of the approach roads to the city. One group cleared Waitrose’s car park in return for tea and cakes.

“Overall we probably collected about 60 bags of rubbish which are the orange sacks you may have seen around the place,” said Deborah.

“Very kindly Idverde, Mendip District Council’s contractors, came and picked those up after the collection.

“We are grateful to Wells City Council for funding the litter picking equipment and very many thanks must go out to the generous individuals who don the high viz jackets and gloves and go out with a pick-up sticks to cleanse our environment. 

“Some are even brave enough to tackle the A roads into Wells with a particular shoutout to go to Phil Spring and David Gibbon who managed to pick up 14 sacks worth on the stretch from Morrisons to the Dulcote turn. 

“At the moment we don’t need any more pickers but are always grateful for people to pick up rubbish as and when they see it. 

“We hope to do our next litter picking weekend in May.”

§ Deborah Woolven-Orrett with some of the Wells litter picking team