posted 5th April 2023
๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง
Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council (NCCC) are working with the Isle of Wight Council and Vectis Wombles to tackle littering. The project launches with a litter pick at Downside Recreation Ground at Furrlongs, Newport, 10am-12pm on Tuesday 11th April during half-term.
As one of the most used parks on the Island, Downside is severely affected by litter despite the efforts of local families who regularly litter pick. Cllr Geoff Brodie, NCCC Councillor for Pan and Barton, said:
"๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ค ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ - ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ต๐ค - ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต'๐ด ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 11๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐จ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ!"
๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
The Isle of Wight Council Environment Officers will be visiting schools and issuing ยฃ75 on the spot fines to anyone caught littering.
๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐
There is a team of island wide volunteers who litter pick in their own time called Vectis Wombles. As part of the project, to show appreciation for the group's work, NCCC has provided 6ft pickers to allow safer picking from brambles, easy to hold hoops, children's 'Graptor' pickers and hi-vis vests for the group to use.
๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ
As well as ruining the aesthetic of the area, litter also adversely affects nature.
Carol Flux from Gift to Nature said:
"๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ'๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ.
๐๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด - ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ป๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ธ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ป๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ.
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ 31 ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ."
Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council will be arranging further litter picks and anyone wishing to join Vectis Wombles can do so on their Facebook page.
