Question: What have four trolleys, a sofa and a bike got in common?
Answer: They were all found at a volunteer-led clean-up of the River Aire in Kirkstall yesterday!
@WLDispatch thanks for mentioming the cleanup today – we had a great haul! And good a good celebration feast too! pic.twitter.com/6oeG1f9dLs
— Kirkstall CleanUp (@teamkirkstall) 10 July 2016
The clean-up, led by members of local community group Team Kirkstall, also managed to fill 20 bin bags of rubbish down by the riverbank.
20 binbags 4 trollies a sofa & a bike! Great job @teamkirkstall with @Lucinday @RSCsheff at Kirkstall cleanup day. pic.twitter.com/DqxT46Zb4e
— Env Agency Yorks&NE (@EnvAgencyYNE) 11 July 2016
A number of fortnightly riverbank cleanups are planned over the summer months by Team Kirkstall. More details in the poster below:
@Clean_Leeds indeed- gearing up for a big post flood riverbank cleanup THIS SUNDAY 10th july, then every 2 weeks》Nov pic.twitter.com/9Ft17xuhw4
— Open Source Arts (@Opensourceleeds) July 5, 2016
Much of the rubbish cleared is a product of the Boxing Day floods, which left parts of Kirkstall under several feet of water, and flytipping.
Loads more rubbish hauled out of the river #teamkirkstall #rscsheff pic.twitter.com/0DUmZ50teg
— Amanda C (@AmandaCrossfie1) July 10, 2016
@Morrisons pulled some treasure out the goit behind your store during tdays #kirkstall cleanup- serviceable? Phil pic.twitter.com/kHEmIOeUF6
— Kirkstall CleanUp (@teamkirkstall) July 10, 2016