I’m a celebrity... get me out there: The stars waging war on rubbish
‘Litter laziness hurts us all’
FAMOUS faces from stage and screen have been grabbing their litter pickers to support the Great British Spring Clean.
Broadcaster Gyles Brandreth, 71, said the amount of rubbish near his home in Barnes, south-west London, was ‘heartbreaking’. The ex-Tory MP, out picking with grown-up daughter Aphra, added: ‘This can be made into an enjoyable family activity, which will influence and educate the younger generation on the importance of having a clean community.’ Journalist John
Sergeant took part in a clean-up close to his home in Ealing, west London – and was shocked to find mounds of plastic bottles, cigarette packets and coffee cups discarded near a canal. The former BBC chief political correspondent, 75, said: ‘I’m extremely annoyed. If it can be cleaned up and we can concentrate on that it’s something that we can all do. Litter laziness hurts us all.’ He said he was keen to support the ‘brilliant’ Keep Britain Tidy campaign, backed by the Mail. Ex-Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq, 44, who helped clean up a park near her home in Ealing, said: ‘Children are more aware than adults of the crisis we face. My sons, Huxley and Covey, are five and seven and in their school each class has an ‘eco representative’. They tell parents to pick up litter, to recycle, turn that tap off. It’s great. It’s so important, especially in this time of climate emergency, that we don’t spread plastic and rubbish all over our valuable green spaces.’
TV host Matthew Wright, 54, said he regularly picked plastic carrier bags from Regent’s Canal near his home in central London. He added: ‘There is wildlife trying to survive and people throwing their rubbish in there drives me mad.
‘The Daily Mail has shown it is committed, highlighting this issue week after week. That is what it takes. We cannot just rely on local authorities to clean up litter for us.’