Friends of the Aire

304 bags collected so far!

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An environmental group who take a pride in the river Aire between Crown Point Bridge and Thwaite Mill organising community litter picks and caring ...

An environmental group who take a pride in the river Aire between Crown Point Bridge and Thwaite Mill organising community litter picks and caring for local wildlife.

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15 May 2024

Quick clean up of Fearns Island this evening by Elizabeth Langdon. 2 purple bags full and a couple of trips to the bottle bank. 💜

3 bags collected
1 picker

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15 May 2024

The River Aire by H2010 in Leeds, Hunslet. The Leeds Dock StandUp Paddle boarders were there to do the heavy lifting.

2 bags collected
2 pickers

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11 May 2024

It was a hot day to be out in the sun. We did find some interesting bits of litter along the banks of the river Aire in Leeds.

10 bags collected
4 pickers

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13 April 2024

We picked along the river Aire in South Leeds and left our bags of litter by the council bins on Old Mill Lane.

6 bags collected
6 pickers

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25 March 2024

Bagged up some of the litter spilling out of two bins by the Royal Armouries that we full to overflowing.

1 bag collected
1 picker

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24 March 2024

A team of paddle boarders cleaned up from the river Aire from Leeds Dock downstream to Old Mill Lane with support from six people on the bank. Some items, too big to bag up, were pulled out including a car wheel and a bicycle !

12 bags collected
16 pickers

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23 March 2024

We picked from the banks of the Aire in South Leeds along the scenic Trans Pennine Trail to the Thwaite Water Mill.

13 bags collected
7 pickers

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09 March 2024

A mile stretch along the river Aire in the Leeds ward of Hunslet and Riverside. There were 100s of plastic bottles and lots of polystyrene amongst the litter left as the river receded.

18 bags collected
10 pickers

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20 February 2024

River born litter that had been left on the bank after the swollen Aire returned to more normal levels. It was easy to fill one bag with plastic bottles, polystyrene and a few cans. One can was a spray paint aerosol, probably discarded by a thoughtless graffiti artist.