Harborough Pickers

Harborough Pickers (HarP) is a group of volunteer litter pickers whose aim is to promote, protect, safeguard and enhance the town of Market Harborough

[Keith Hunt @beachcomber50]

It’s good to get the message out at the start of the day! #LoveTheSea #LitterHeroes @ZeroWaste_Now @KeepBritainTidy @LFCSSomerset

[Keep Britain Tidy @KeepBritainTidy]

We’re proud of the work our #LitterHeroes Ambassadors do to kickstart conversations about litter.

Last week, our #LitterHeroes Ambassador Claire and the @hambletonwomble group met @RishiSunak to discuss their work litter-picking and the need for an all-in #DepositReturnScheme.

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

This March we collected 2 supermarket trolleys, 1 basket, 2 footballs, venetian blind, plastic bollard, length of large bore plastic pipe, long metal rod, various pieces of wooden boarding and 11 full bags of litter from the river Welland in town #litterpick

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

In our monthly river pick - 3 supermarket trollies and 2 baskets, along with 12 bags of litter. Sometimes a struggle to reach those trollies! #dumpedtrollies #riverpick #litter #pick #environment #marketharborough

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

Harvested from the River Welland on a recent river pick were 3 supermarket trolleys and 1 basket, a traffic cone base, an umbrella, a few tennis balls, 3 large metal items and 16 full bags of litter and £5.10, which went towards funds! #litter #river #Welland #marketharborough

[thelonelitterpicker @thelonelitterp1]

Here's a week's worth of recycling I've litter picked from my local streets. Cans are perpetually recyclable so just take the empty cans home and recycle them please 💚

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

Two grot spots were tackled by our team resulting in 18 bags of litter picked and a trolley full of newspapers. The two grot spots were a dried up pond in Symingtons Rec and under railway bridge on Rockingham Road
#litterpick #recycle #grotspot #keepbritaintidy #marketharborough

[Sustainable Harborough Community @SustainableHarb]

Litter Picking in Welland Park and surrounding areas.

[Litter Watch @Litterwatch1]

After all their hard work, #litterpicking, look what our #Tipton2 were presented with this morning (Sunday 4th Sept). This is just mindless vandalism! What joy can you get from burning bags of #rubbish? #thankyou both for not giving up. @TiptonWMP @sandwellcouncil @SercoESUK

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

@Litterwatch1 @TiptonWMP @sandwellcouncil @SercoESUK Really appalling that there are such pathetic people within our society that would do something like this.

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

In our May River Pick we collected 3 supermarket trollies, 3 footballs and a child's scooter, plus 9 bags of litter from the river Welland #River #welland #litterpick #marketharborough #volunteering

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

Our monthly river pick this month yielded 14 bags of rubbish, 3 supermarket trollies, 3 traffic cones, a scooter, football and a rugby ball. The river Welland looks much nicer now! #litterpick #dumpedtrolley #welland #riverclean #marketharborough #environment

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

Despite rising water and strong flow, our volunteers (dressed in their new HarP livery) still managed to collect 2 supermarket trollies, football, clothing, paperbacks and 13 bags of litter from the river Welland #riverclean #litter #marketharborough #Environnement

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

A shocking haul for our trusty volunteers this month when they hauled a female mannequin out of the river #riverwelland !! also 2 supermarket trolleys, 2 traffic cones, 3 footballs, 6 assorted signs, 10 full bags of rubbish #litterpick #marketharborough

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

16 of our members take on the gauntlet of the river Welland this month, which is now free of litter including 16 bags, shopping trolley, traffic cone and much more! #litterpick #keepbritaintidy #riverpick #litter

[Frank Bingley @frankb1062]

Productive litter pick today along Rockingham Road #MarketHarborough from railway station to roundabout near Tesco filling station. Really full bag, had to squash it down. Found three tins containing children’s colouring book sets still sealed #keepharboroughtidy #litterpick

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

Our trusty Riverpick heroes fished 14 bags of rubbish and a shopping trolley out of the River Welland in #MarketHarborough recently #keepharboroughtidy #litterpick

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

Come hell or high water (though not lockdowns) our river picking team get deep and dirty! We also keep a yearly record of items fished out of the river #litterpicking #river #welland #keepbritaintidy #someonesgototodoit #Heroes

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

15 of our members volunteered for the river pick this week. Haul included 4 supermarket trolleys, a supermarket basket on wheels, 2 bicycles, a car catalytic converter, 5 traffic cones, 12 bags of rubbish #litterpick #riverside #MarketHarborough

[Harborough Pickers @HarP_pickers]

@Litterwatch1 @SercoESUK @sandwellcouncil @WestMidsFire @WestBromwichWMP @SandwellYouth So annoying and now none of it is fit for recycling.