About 120 volunteer litter pickers turned-out to tidy up the town on Sunday 23rd March. Early estimates are that over 80 bags of litter were collected from a total of 17 areas around the town – the uncertainty being that volunteers often take recyclables home to put in their grey bins – the figure is a little more than previous events.
Volunteers continue to comment that there is less litter in the ‘traditional’ areas, such as Windmill Hill or Butts Close. Participants are always looking for ways to maximise their impact, and one way to do that is to identify a litter hotspot to work on. 
One suggestion, Cadwell Lane, between its junction with Bilton Road and the railway bridge, is quiet at weekends, and several volunteers made a remarkable difference to that and the nearby recreation ground. Where green spaces are concerned, the reduction in litter is in part due to the work of North Hertfordshire’s contractors, and at the end of the event, the contractors were removing the bags collected from the area by the bins at the bottom of Windmill Hill. Reports of disposable vapes or catering packs of nitrous oxide have continued to decline.
If you would like to take part in the Forum’s autumn event in October, please email hflitterpick@gmail.com – the date will be announced soon.
