Dispite the weather, today had a great turn out of 30 people, especially since this was our first event. 

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Our goal today was to clear the majority of the reserve of organic and inorganic material that had been dump, which proved to be a more difficult job than we thought it would be.

 

Today was also a long day for not just our younger volunteers (the youngest being 7), but also for the more experienced, as we worked for a solid two and a half ours before lunch, and for an hour afterwards!

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Not only this, but some keen volunteers stayed for another two hours to complete an audit of all the rubbish collected. 

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We found all sorts of trash, including a mattress, the remains of a foosball table, a whole trampoline, and general garden waste (there are also the descendants of multiple species of garden plants that have been dumped).

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Fortunately the majority of the rubbish has been collected and sent away (there wasn't much fit to be properly recycled). Hopefully in future clean-ups we will find considerably less rubbish!