The River Stour should look like the above picture along every inch of its 58 mile length, but it doesn't. On the 12th of June Plastic Free Canterbury and our partners at the Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership, the Canterbury Society and Friends of Kingsmead Field will be rolling up our sleeves and putting on our waders to clear waste from the river. We will also be walking a 26 mile marathon length of the river from Chartham to Pegwell Bay, logging the waste that we find for future clear up operations. We aim to remove 1,000 pieces of plastic waste from our Stour, and any other rubbish that we find. Plastic pollution is a problem across our district and we are determined to do something about it. Plastic Free Canterbury engages with local schools, colleges, businesses and community organisations in order to help decrease their use of plastic and improve their recycling processes. All funds raised will assist our educational and community outreach programmes and improve the environment for everyone.

If you want to learn more about us please see our Facebook page: Plastic Free Canterbury or https://www.ccap.org.uk/plastic-free-canterbury/

You can contact us at plasticfreecanterbury@gmail.com

To learn more about the Stour and how it is managed visit: https://kentishstour.org.uk

Thank you.