Community clean ups

Today we had 28 E.N.F.O.R.C.E.E.R.S and collected approximately 800kg of trash, recycling and salvaged items. 

Today was the first time we were able to get back out as a group! Covid19 threw us all a curve ball since March, and last month we were meant to do the Whangarei Falls,  but the torrential rain and floods kept us away. 
Some of the trash we would have collected that day would have been found here in the mangroves. 

We arrived at the site with a beautiful sunny day around us and volunteers appearing slowly from the shared pathway and through the long grass. Everyone signed in and we got underway. 

Manue from Northtec was collecting plastic parking tickets for study information.

We also had Greer from Tai Tokerau Time banking along to provide information on another service we are teaming up with. It is to  provide a type of payment for your time helping with the clean up. That you can use around Northland.
Find out nore here: https://taitokerau.timebanks.org/

We were pleased to see so many new helpers and to see so many good friends too.

A few of the more curious items we found today were: a bridge - likely from Parihaka or AH Reed, Northland Scafolding safety barrier, a Wilson volleyball with the handprint, rope, 2 mangled inflatable boats, a small bag of cannabis, a poker chip, a dog bowl, a Tiakina Whangarei rat trap housing, a ladder, building lumber, a garden stake, a fender, a small Kauri snail shell, 4 tires, a medical mask, hundreds of Polystyrene balls, lollipop sticks, 28.5 parking tickets and $5 of universe money. 

See you next month for Keep New Zealand Beautiful GJ Gardener clean up week.
 Next month we will be on the other side of the bridge near the Dog park,  clearing the mangroves again.

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