{"id":4939,"date":"2026-08-18T20:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/?p=4939"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:56:12","slug":"litter-picking-the-embankment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/2026\/08\/18\/litter-picking-the-embankment-2\/","title":{"rendered":"LITTER PICKING THE EMBANKMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wellingborough Eco Group and Wellie Wombles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Month\u2019s Two Hour Tidy Up takes place on Saturday 22nd August because of the Bank Holiday Weekend. We will be setting up our Recycling Station a week and an hour earlier than usual from 8:30 on the field just off the car park, for litter picking between 9 and 11. We will be litter picking the whole park, riverbanks and the nearby streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/Litter-Picking-Poster-FBs-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4940\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This location has been chosen because North Northamptonshire Council are joining in from 9am! As a group we have tidied up this area before, but not as a group pick since last year, so there\u2019s a lot to do to make the park tidy again. See map below for the location:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2440.3517375837696!2d-0.6799908550476079!3d52.29147005404644!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x4877a3de4f89ebcb%3A0xf42ed489a85400!2sThe%20Embankment!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1787082575933!5m2!1sen!2suk\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help us and keep us safe at this and future litter picks, Wellingborough Eco Group have purchased some litter pickers, hi-vis vests and safety equipment including road signs, so everything is provided but please bring your own gloves if you can. Free cold drinks plus tea and Coffee will be available, hand sanitiser will also be available, do join us if you can, ALL WELCOME!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wellingborough Eco Group and Wellie Wombles This Month\u2019s Two Hour Tidy Up takes place on Saturday 22nd August because of the Bank Holiday Weekend. We will be setting up our Recycling Station a week and an hour earlier than usual from 8:30 on the field just off the car park, for litter picking between 9 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/2026\/08\/18\/litter-picking-the-embankment-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LITTER PICKING THE EMBANKMENT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4941,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939\/revisions\/4941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}