For the latest Stockport news sign up to the MyStockport newsletter here A new anti-litter campaign, featuring robot rubbish-clearing pirate boats, launches today in an effort to clean up the River Mersey.
Treasure Your River will run for the remainder of 2021, including a packed programme of activities for this summer. Events include a silent disco litter pick, art installation, and paddle and picks — as well as deploying robot boats to rid the river of rubbish. “Since the early 1990s the waterways of the River Mersey have been in rapid recovery mode,” Mike Duddy, from the Mersey Rivers Trust, said. “Species of plants, fish and mammals being recorded after absences of over 200 years. “However, despite these improvements, there is more to
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