Litter picking brand audit

Beyond the litter pick – creating action from recording

This weekend, Strandliners are holding free indoor workshops at RSPCA Mallydams Wood in Fairlight. Many of you will have joined our picks and surveys. But what happens after the rubbish is sorted, identified and recorded? What happens to the data? Beverley Coombes writes.

Litter picking pie charts

These pie charts illustrate the “litter DNA” of three different sites within a kilometre of each other along the River Rother, attempting to challenge the environmental psychology that all litter is the same.

Let’s turn the tide on plastic pollution in the environment. These sessions can help create local action for change.

• Come along and see how a litter brand audit is processed
• We will be looking at plastic polymers; which ones can be recycled?
• Once the data is on a spreadsheet, we can produce simple statistics and images for capturing public interest
• We will show how to upload litter picking data to support national campaigns and projects
• This is a great event for anyone who likes spreadsheets or data but cannot get to the litter picking events – your time and effort is just as valuable
• Refreshments & cake provided
• Sign up through Eventbrite

Litter map

This free event is part of the Preventing Plastic Pollution project in the Rother, funded by the Rivers Trust, Sea Changers, Rother District Council and a local donor.

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