The Rushden & Higham Ferrers Litter Wombles are a community litter-picking group established by Craig Blacha in 2024.
Their latest campaign is ‘No small problem’. The campaign, which has been running through December and January, aims to highlight that no matter how small an item, it’s still litter.
A common misconception is that cigarette butts aren’t litter but they make up for the largest found item in our streets.
Volunteer efforts in Higham Ferrers during January – the group collected 14 bags of litter from the School Lane Estate
What is no small problem is that North Northamptonshire Council spends an average of £3.2 million on street cleansing alone, money which might be better invested in the services that we use.
The group, made up of around 30 dedicated volunteers, is running various litter-picks at different locations during the campaign and is encouraging people to remember to recycle your rubbish at home or use a litter bin.
