Peter Clifford, Chairman of Chilton Parish Council, tells me that the Chilton Spring Clean that took place on Saturday was a great success.
‘42 large black bags of rubbish were collected plus assorted sheets of plastic, car parts and planks of wood. 15 volunteers from around Chilton took part over three and a half hours and we cleaned up all the way from St. Mary's Close to the Carbonels at Chilton Corner, a distance of 1.1 miles. Also thanks to our first class Community Warden, Bradley Smith, who helped me organise things and provided the equipment.
‘We also recovered a wallet containing a driving licence and credit cards and this was passed to the Police. The Police have already notified the owner and while the credit cards have been long since stopped he was relieved that they had not been used for illegal purposes.
‘What interested me was that the youngest person taking part was 44. Whilst it was not an activity for small children next to the road, I do wonder whether all the environmental messages are really getting through at the schools and where were all the younger generation?
‘ I also read in my news magazine this week that that floating island of rubbish in the Pacific now covers a continuous area of 540,000 square miles - that's six times the size of the UK! Now that's a growing horror story that is reflected in our own environment where part of the population continues to foul its own nest!
Food for thought there I think! Our excellent Community Warden, Bradley, is pictured above with the rubbish and the scene below shows some of the volunteers working along Waldingfield Road.
