A big thank you to Aberdeen Cycle Forum members who cleaned up the path beside the River Dee today between the rowing sheds and Victoria Bridge.
We collected 20 bags of rubbish in just under 2 hours including bottles, cans, plastic, cigarette butts, bottle caps, shoes, styrofoam, bits of timber, rubber, metal, and two hypodermic needles which are thankfully no longer floating around the environment.
This is a slightly unusual activity for us. We’ve never organised a litter pick before but often people who choose to cycle do so to reduce their impact on the environment and so litter picking is a natural extension of that desire to make the world a better place.
The River Dee is a wonderful treasure for our region and home to salmon, sea birds, insects, amphibians, and mammals. Let’s take care of it. If you want to organise a litter pick the council will provide bags and picking tools. They’ll even come to collect the rubbish afterwards.
Aberdeen Cycle Forum 