Keith’s vintage litter finds

It can take decades for one piece of litter to break down, causing harm to wildlife and polluting our seas. Our #2minute litterpick volunteer, Keith Hunt, shares some of the vintage litter he has found.

Keith Hunt is a remarkable man.  Somehow he finds time every day to do a litterpick, often a beach clean in his area of beautiful West Somerset.  Keith is a CPRE Somerset #2minute litterpick volunteer and also a Litter Hero ambassador for Keep Britain Tidy.

Recently, Keith has been sharing pictures of vintage litter he has found.  These pictures give a chilling reminder of how long this stuff can hang around in our environment.

Rowntree’s smarties lids are a regular find on the beach.  Smarties went plastic-free in 2005

This TipTop packet shows a pre decimal price of 2d. We went decimal in 1971!

Not sure of the date of this Kia-Ora drink but it is also pre-decimal

This crisp packet, with it’s voucher for “Our Price” records, dates from 1995

Quattro was a soft drink in the early 1980’s.

Milk in a plastic bag seemed like a good idea in 1976 – until they started splitting and spilling milk everywhere!  The bag lives on in our seas, sadly.

St Michaels’ strawberry dessert from around 1982

NEW! Ski yoghurt pot – now over 40 years old

These are notorious at being impossible to recycle – this is the remains of a Pringles tube.

If you have any photos of vintage litter that you have found, please send them to us at admin@cpresomerset.org.uk and we will add them to our rogues gallery.

Meanwhile, Keith will carry on cleaning up our beaches and our countryside one bag at a time.  Thank you Keith!

If you feel inspired and would like to clean up your local area, then why not think about volunteering with us?

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