​Plastic patrol

The deceptive beauty of the water
The water in Walsall canal basin looked dark and ominous this morning as I joined a group of litter pickers on the water, we paddled from the deep waters of the basin to the shallower and distinctly greener waters of the Walsall canal. There were lush green water lilies in flower, the sun was shining, and it could have been such an idyllic scene.
The reality was that although there is beauty in these waters, they also contain a lot of plastic and floating debris, during the morning we filled six of the builders tonne bags and tagged these items on to the plastic patrol app which logs plastic, especially branded remains, in an attempt to create some accountability with these large companies.