Caitlin Tilley
Published:
11:30 AM April 12, 2021
Volunteers with bags of rubbish after clearing litter from the Welsh Harp reservoir.
- Credit: Friends of the Welsh Harp
Things are looking up for the Welsh Harp reservoir, after Canal and River Trust volunteers removed the above-surface large debris from the marshes.
Rubbish fished out this month includes items such as wheelie bins, plastic chairs and supermarket trollies, some of it decades old.
Resident Leila Taheri, 36, lives by the reservoir and has been part of Friends of the Welsh Harp, a group which organises litter clean-ups, since summer 2020.
“It only took one day with two men and one boat. But this is a chronic issue,” says Leila. “It’s an environmental disaster. It literally looks like a skip.”
By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
Photos showing the rubbish problem at the Welsh Harp Reservoir (Images: Leila Taheri) A volunteer is calling for a “concerted effort” to clean up a local beauty spot blighted by littering and fly-tipping. Leila Taheri says thousands of bags of litter have been collected from in and around Brent Reservoir – also known as the Welsh Harp – but despite the best efforts of volunteer litter-pickers, the rubbish keeps on piling up. The Welsh Harp is owned by the Canal and River Trust, with Barnet Council and Brent Council among the organisations involved in its management.
By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
Photos showing the rubbish problem at the Welsh Harp Reservoir (Images: Leila Taheri) A volunteer is calling for a “concerted effort” to clean up a local beauty spot blighted by littering and fly-tipping. Leila Taheri says thousands of bags of litter have been collected from in and around Brent Reservoir – also known as the Welsh Harp – but despite the best efforts of volunteer litter-pickers, the rubbish keeps on piling up. The Welsh Harp is owned by the Canal and River Trust, with Barnet Council and Brent Council among the organisations involved in its management.