Headingley residents tackle cold weather for the last litter clean-up of 2015.

 

IT has been just over a month since Headingley Litterarti had its first successful session in cleaning the streets of Headingley.

We saw a group of local residents wandering the streets of Headingley Mount and Headingley Avenue picking up the litter that they found and sorting them into the appropriate bags, ready to be collected by the Council.

Despite the December chill, yesterday was the second but also last clean-up of 2015 with the volunteers donning on santa hats to get into the festive spirit in the lead-up to Christmas to clear the streets around Ashville Road.

Even though the number of participants this time was not as high as last month’s, everyone put in more effort to collect a similar amount with the same unusual items found such as: a tyre rim, a metal door handle and a spoon.

Joe Salmon, a Green Party activist and the brains behind the group said why he thinks this is different to the rest:

Mickayla Ireland, a volunteer at Headingley Litterarti explained why Headingley has a lot of litter:

Catherine Warr, member of Green Peace in Leeds and also another volunteer, said she joined Headingley Litterarti because she thinks the cleaner the environment, the better you will feel:

Headingley Litterarti meets every second sunday of each month and they’re hoping more residents and volunteers will turn up to help raise awareness.