The pick of the litter!

The student-led Newquay Environmental Group have been giving back to their community by doing a litter pick along Wildflower Lane! 

Here’s student Cameron Rougvie to explain more:

"This was decided due to the amount of litter along the lane that posed a threat to local wildlife that live within the surrounding habitat, a small team of dedicated students split into three groups of two and set about dividing the lane into three segments to clear of litter each.

A number of interesting items were found along the pick, including glass bottles, shards of glass, microplastics, plastic bags and still full cans of beer, all of these items can cause serious health problems of fatality to species within the habitat.

Many members of the public stopped to enquire into what we were doing, a pair of older women stopped and asked "well done for doing this, the community needs people like you to help where others cause harm like this", others simply gave their thanks, one of which said "well done for helping the community" as she rode past on her bicycle.



All members of the public that stopped to enquire about the litter pick were informed about Cornwall College's support and the growing community awareness in the youth both in the college and out.


A total number of 7 full bags of litter, a trampoline pole, a traffic cone base and a skateboard were recovered in the end, all of which were disposed of safely at Cornwall College Newquay.

We are hoping to conduct litter picks in the future and we invite anyone who wants to help the local community along!"

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