Drugs, plastics and flea killer: the unseen threats to UK’s rivers
Beer hasn’t been sold in steel cans for decades. The cans Keith Dopson found in Slough’s Salt Hill stream would be collectors’ items were they in good condition, but they had disintegrated into clumps of rust. “We filled seven bin bags with rubbish,” he says. “Just from the river, not the banks. Plastic bottles and cans, lots of cans. Those steel ones must have been there for ages.” Dopson, a retired carpenter, is one of around 20 volunteers who have for the past two years been reclaiming the stream. They have cleared undergrowth, dredged and narrowed the river and built a new footbridge and path. The aim is to reclaim the whole of Salt Hill stream and create a riverside walkway connecting Slough’s parks.
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