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Volunteers turning up on a Saturday morning earlier this month for an annual clean-up along the banks of the Mahurangi River got a pleasant surprise.
The amount of rubbish collected was considerably less than in previous years.
This year about 12 bags of rubbish was collected at the Rotary organised event, but normally collectors would expect to fill around 20 bags.
Rubbish was collected along the river bank between the Bridgehouse Bar and Restaurant and Lucy Moore Park, and in nearby streets.
Spokesperson Alan Boniface adds that collectors usually manage to pick up a couple of abandoned supermarket trolleys but there were none this year.
“I don’t know whether compliments are due to the people of Warkworth or to the Council,” he says.
“I do think people are a little more conscious of rubbish these days.”
