Sudbury litter pickers collect 100 bags of rubbish in just five hours

In September, Sudbury Community Wardens and staff from Antec International-LANXESS picked up over 90 bin bags of general rubbish and 14 bags of tin cans on the estate in just five hours.

The litter pick took place last month. (Image: Ros Harding)

Staff from LANXESS joined forces with the Sudbury Community Wardens. (Image: Ros Harding)

Sudbury community warden manager, Bradley Smith, said: “It was a pleasure to be asked by LANXESS to work with them on their performance culture day.

"It proves that close collaborations with local companies leads to a positive working partnership which can achieve great results and have a positive impact on the local environment and communities.

"Everyone that took part is a credit to LANXESS with many of them expressing an interest in getting involved in future volunteering activities."

Head of operations and plant management at LANXESS’, Dene Bates, said: “Everyone embraced the exercise enthusiastically and we are all very proud of what we achieved.”

The team managed to collect over 100 bags of rubbish. (Image: Ros Harding)

Over 50 members of staff from LANXESS took part in the litter pick. (Image: Ros Harding)

The project was part of the LANXESS annual Performance Culture Day. (Image: Ros Harding)

The litter pick took place around the Chilton industrial estate. (Image: Ros Harding)

14 bags of tin cans were collected during the day. (Image: Ros Harding)

"We are all very proud of what we achieved" said head of operations and plant management at LANXESS', Dene Bates. (Image: Ros Harding)

The pick took place close to where the company is based in Sudbury. (Image: Ros Harding)

"It was a pleasure to be asked by LANXESS to work with them" said Sudbury community warden manager, Bradley Smith, (Image: Ros Harding)