{"id":462097,"date":"2025-09-30T03:45:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T03:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/462097\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T03:45:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T03:45:35","slug":"wrexham-litter-pickers-collect-more-than-700-bags-in-summer-clean-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/462097\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrexham litter pickers collect more than 700 bags in summer clean-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                Wrexham.com &gt; News\n              <\/p>\n<p> <strong>Posted:<\/strong> Sat 27th Sep 2025 <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wrexham-Litter-Pickers.jpg\" alt=\"Wrexham.com for people living in or visiting the Wrexham area\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wrexham\u2019s volunteer litter pickers have been named Wales\u2019 most active community group after clearing more than 700 bags of rubbish from local streets, rivers and green spaces over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Figures from Keep Wales Tidy show that between June and August, the group organised 98 clean-up activities. In total, 247 volunteers collected 732 bags of litter, alongside large fly-tipped items from the Gwenfro and Clywedog rivers.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t           &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t         &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Since forming in February 2021, Wrexham Litter Pickers have now removed almost 40,000 bags of waste.<\/p>\n<p>Now the group is encouraging individuals, families, friends and businesses to play their part in keeping Wrexham\u2019s communities clean and green.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Evans, the founder of Wrexham Litter Pickers said: \u201cI am so proud of what we have achieved as a community.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince February 2021, we have removed almost 40,000 bags of litter, plus eye-watering amounts of large fly-tipped items from our beautiful Gwenfro and Clywedog rivers and green spaces, which are all havens for wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very sad to see what people think they can just dump. However, everyone can help by collecting rubbish on their daily walks and popping it into a bin, clearing up outside their homes or visiting a Litter Picking Hub. Every little helps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To make it easier for residents to get involved, Keep Wales Tidy runs 12 Litter Picking Hubs across Wrexham, offering free equipment such as pickers, bags and hi-vis vests. They are based in community venues including Caia Park, Plas Pentwyn Resource Centre and Wrexham Wellbeing Hub.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Watson, Wrexham Project Officer at Keep Wales Tidy said: \u201cThe success of groups like Wrexham Litter Pickers shows the power of community action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope their achievements will inspire others to get involved. If you care about your community, visit a Litter Picking Hub and join the effort!<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information and to find your nearest Litter Picking Hub, visit the Keep Wales Tidy website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepwalestidy.cymru\/litter-picking-hubs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.keepwalestidy.cymru\/litter-picking-hubs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spotted something? Got a story? Email <a href=\"https:\/\/wrexham.com\/news\/mailto:news@wrexham.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News@Wrexham.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Get notified about <br \/>news from across North Wales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wrexham.com &gt; News Posted: Sat 27th Sep 2025 Wrexham\u2019s volunteer litter pickers have been named Wales\u2019 most active&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-462097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115291195046378904","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}