295. The astonishing garbage thrown into England's canals
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- čas přidán 27. 04. 2023
- Every year, the IWA in Milton Keynes organises a massive clean-up of the local stretch of the Grand Union canal, which a team of eager volunteers undertake. The garbage they pull from the waters is quite staggering, as this video shows.
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Your ability to make a delightful video out of most any subject matter, never ceases to amaze me. You really do have a gift
Thank you :-)
Old school British journalism, David is a splendid example of how it should look
The sheer amount of rubbish is just appalling. I hate to imagine what it would look like without the effort of those awesome volunteers and organisations. Great video mate.
I thought that too, especially in just 10 miles of canal! - Imagine the other 2000 miles of canal!
If they ever catch anybody dumping stuff they should be made to eat it.
@@gardenman3 make them wear it by chaining it to their bodies for everybody to see a litterbug and them think twice before they decide to become a litterbug too.
Companies need to stop producing millions of plastic products every day. Consumers should look at fixing their items as opposed to buying brand new every single time. Too much micro plastics and chemicals poisoning our waters and soil.
@@itstayayg193”consumers should look at fixing items” - companies actively try to prevent this, and will never stop preventing it unless forced by law
Unbelievable the rubbish people throw in the canals. Some have no respect for the environment. Those volunteers are do amazing work. Well done them.
Same near me you clear the verges and within hours all back again. Hate to say it but it is the city folk in their new builds. Throwing stuff out of their cars.
Unbelievable! I will likely never cruise the canals but do so enjoy several of the vlogs. Thanks to all who work to keep the canals safe and clean.
The amount of rubbish on that small stretch was astonishing.
Well done to all those volunteers.
I have heard a story about some bloke who just tossed his perfectly good video camera in the canal. Madness. 😂
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What a fantastic bunch of people!! I take my hats off to them. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
I have not watched one of your videos in a while (a year), and I realize that not having watched one of your videos in so long, how great your narration is. Well done and well enjoyed!
Thank you
Hats off to IWA for doing this horrible job. I lived on my boat in Milton Keynes for 3 years and it was a really good place with pleasant moorings all the way. I enjoyed seeing all the Wyvern Shipping boats coming through and it is great that the owner gives his time to keep the canal free of rubbish.
As everyone should. Everyone who uses it. Even those who just walk it for the views. It’s a community! Everyone should be about helping one way or the other! Everyone gets enjoyment out of it!
10 miles, 16 kilometers. And so much garbage! It's just shameful to know that there is so many people that act so neglectful and careless! But a huge thumbs-up for the cleaning crew! Good job well done!
What a trashy vlog that was!!! Over 20 years ago, my home state here in the US began a spring-time tradition called “Green Up Vermont” The entire state would come out and clean up the roadsides of trash. Getting it early before the plant life would be obscuring the bottles and cans meant we were all out around this time of year. It has become a great tradition with contests, assemblage art competitions, picnics and pot lucks at the end of the long week-end. Gives one a great sense of community spirit. Lovely to see a similar tradition on the canals. Great video!!!!
"A nitrous oxide container . . . No laughing matter!" I laughed out loud on that one.
Love this cleanup work, and love that it's such a volunteer effort.
I HATE that people throw trash in there like that... but I LOVE that people give time, effort, and work to clean this up. Good for all of them! What an inspiration and show of love for their communities.
This felt like watching TV (and I mean that as a compliment), fantastic quality production!
Thank you so much! 😊
It's the kind of quality, informative and entertaining TV that few TV companies can be bothered to make any more.
Something deeply satisfying watching a clean up 😊
I am always dismayed at those who think it is ok to dump their rubbish wherever they feel like it. Brilliant work by the good folks clearing up.
THANK YOU for raising our awareness of this issue.
Thank you to everyone who assists in this effort!
Thanks for showing us that there are people who do care enough to clean up what they can.
Nice to see everyone "chipping" in to help clean up the waterways. Supporting the community and just making it better. Plus, getting out in good weather is good too.
I truly admire these good folks for their efforts. Before I sold my hobby farm in northern New England USA, my land was in a program called Current Use. I also accepted the 10% additional recreation adjustment to my tax bill because I allowed sportsmen access to the land. NEVER did we have a problem with these folks leaving behind any refuse. Twice a year I did a roadside walk in the front of my property to clean the ditches at the roadside. That is where I harvested many cans and bottles from passing motorists. My reward beyond a clean roadside was some of the cans and bottles had a deposit refund on them. My state did not do that but several neighboring states did. Whenever I had reason to travel to a state that offered the refund, I cashed in my hoard for the 5 and 10-cent deposits.
Thank you all to the workers, i think the canal system is a beautiful part of England's natural environment and should always be protected. I would love to visit there in your summer, please continue the work you are doing
Bless those volunteers, they are the finest people out there. But looking at the hopper - "you're gonna need a bigger boat"! Well done the catering boat too :-)
A "Star Wars" and a "Star Trek" reference in the same video--impressive, David! (Another great video, too--thanks again for all you do!)
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I'm guessing people think canals are the same as railway boundary fences. Both some how lead to a magical recycling plant where anything thrown in or over is miraculously turned into pretty rainbows.
I'm a train driver and the volume of rubbish along the track side is deeply depressing. Everything from sweet wrappers to wide screen TVs and climbing frames. There's even an old caravan with a child's slide hanging out the window.
Kudos to those volunteers. Thanks for showcasing them and their work. The perverse love of many people for waste and breakage should never be underestimated. I have to remember to balance that pessimism with the (also true) fact that there are many lovely, generous people who enjoy making the world around them a better place.
"The tea boat!" My ears perked up immediately. *Love* the sound of that! ☺ Thx for the video!
Kudos to all those volunteers who at great sacrifice, pick up the trash others so flippantly leave behind. Both a sad and a sweet commentary of today's society. It's too bad that our world is full of people who simply lack the moral judgement not to litter. Another awesome video David and well appreciated.
In the USA, Tennessee is known as the Volunteer state... well, in Britain - the folks along that stretch of canal should be known as the Vols too!! Job well done! Cheers from Tennessee, USA
The panning shot along the hopper showing the dumped items was like a dystopian generation game 😂😂
I live on Aquidneck Island, in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. It an island of 3 communities connected to mainland by 3 bridges. Every yr, the grass roots organizations, boaters, community groups, individual people come out in spring and do a shore line clean up of the entire Estuary system, beaches...We've even banned single use plastic bags and straws....
The people volunteers and paid staff doing these clean ups are definitely among some of the most important unsung heroes of the canal network keeping it going , i have a real disgust for people using the canal as a rubbish dump it shows absolutely no respect for our historic canals , our nature and it shows no respect to the people who live on the canals
Holy Carp! I saw a few volunteers under 60! There's hope for the future.
where would we be without volunteers! I have been for many a day for many things. It's very rewarding!
My husband works for James as a carpenter.was good seeing Stuart and Shaun .a good job done all of you
What a load of rubbish! But great episode David 👏
Don't suppose they found your camera?
Wrong canal!
@@CruisingTheCut I know, but I couldn't help myself 🙃
@@CruisingTheCut You didn't lose it on Vandemonium, did you? ;-)
Always great videos David ... how rude and disrespectful people are in dumping their rubbish for others to clean up. Love all the volunteers too!
The amount of tat you will find in the canal systems is unbelievable, it's the exact same on my local stretch of the Lancaster in Preston bikes, cars, mopeds, guns you name it has been pulled out over the years
That's awesome to see people caring on the waterways.
I'm afraid, at 73 years of age, no garbage that people throw anywhere astonishes me.
Nice work as usual. Cheers from largely but not completely canal-free Vienna, Scott
Well done IWA.... Your voluntary work to clean up the canal is just awesome..... it beggar's belief how some people treat the countryside as their own personal dumping ground 😥... but thank you Dave for bringing the sterling work of these and many other groups trying to keep the countryside clean for everyone to enjoy....
Hats off to all the volunteers involved. 👏👏👍😀
Thank you David for a very informative, interesting vblog 😊
sadly it is disgusting how many people use the canal for dumping their rubbish 😡
Well done to all involved in the clean up 👍
well, this was fantastic! thanks so much, this gave a real sense of just regular folks in community! :D
It seems that there is no end of usefull ideas for a good vlogger ... thanks!
Great work guys and girls. Respect!!
"a bottle of nitrous oxide was found, that's no laughing matter" that gave me a chuckle
Humans at their WORST. Humans at their BEST. That canal system is a marvel and NOT a garbage dump !
Makes me chuckle a little every time you've said 'Grand Union Canal.' We had a grocery chain here called Grand Union. And it was pretty trashy at the end of it's run.
Brilliant Commentary. A project well worth the attention and support!
Who doesn’t enjoy a chat about hedgehogs? Another great video David. Wonderful to hear from the diverse stakeholders in that small section of canal!
This is the area I live in. Never even knew about this event. What a great thing they do. That is something I would like to help with. Thank you for videoing this. Very interesting and informative.
Thanks good job.. greetings from Texas
You and the other volunteers FIVE GOLD STARS! FOR THE OUTSTANDING JOB ACCOMPLISHED!
Brilliant, as a resident of Milton Keynes, living in an area adjoining the Grand Union, it so good to hear of the efforts that are being made to keep our canal crud free. I’m planning on retiring soon, so appreciate the links to the organisations involved.
What nice and wonderful lovely people!!
That solar panel looks practically new!
Enjoy the way he pronounces 'detritus'. My dad's ancestors were from England & Wales, so I love videos like this!
Nice to see my Brother doing his bit for the cause.
Great job by all the volunteers 👍
Interesting video, David! (Of course, as an American I was slightly amazed that the crew didn't come across a single corpse. :] )
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where would we be without these amazing Volunteers?: Up to our armpits in you know what . Bravo to all for there monumentel efforts to keep Briton tidy .Exalent video David 👍🐸
If 'H&S forms' stopped these awesome volunteers using power tools then they have the wrong H&S advice; H&S is my day job and, well, I certainly would not stop these awesome volunteers from using power tools.
A fair point but it might be that the insurance company providing public liability cover declined to cover the use of power tools by "amateurs/volunteers".
They are, after all, at perfect liberty to set the T&Cs if they are to offer cover.
What an amazing video! Thank you so much. Showing both sides of what we humans are; careless selfish entiled types and caring considerate types. How can we swing the balance in favor of the latter?
What would it be like if they didn't do it every year ? Amazing job, thank goodness for people who care
You all have done yeoman's work. Thank you for what you've done. I worked litter patrol in the summer of 1982 and haven't tossed out so much as a gum wrapper in my life.
In summary...there are people who could care less about the Earth, and there are people who Care much about our Earth. Thank you for this video.
Great video and kudos to the crew and the service they provided. The little tug looked pretty cool indeed.
Thanks for sharing!
Well that was a real load of rubbish David. Well done, another great video. Takes a really special person to make a successful video about rubbish retrieval. You nailed it my friend.
I do miss the cruising videos, but do love these "behind the scenes" type videos. It opens up a world that you don't even think about.
Very interesting video! Selfish people are everywhere. These great people set an example to the world .congratulations !
Glad you enjoyed it
Everyday heroes in true form thanks for the video showing their hard work
Thanks to all for doing this :)
Thanks! As a regular Litterpicker, I know how much work this is, so thanks for highlighting an important volunteer contribution!
Thank you indeed! 😀
That solar panel will still be usable. Metal is always recyclable so it should be separated out.
Not if it's classified as contaminated..
They should have game cameras on the canal, and when a dumper is identified, the judge can volunteer them for community service cleaning the canals. 80 hours for the first offense should do.
Never been on a canal, but I love these videos. Relaxing and informative. Thank you :)
Much appreciated!
It was an amazing video showing how much junk there was in the canal! A great video!
A chipper shredder mounted on a hopper barge would greatly reduce the plant matter to a manageable pile. Junk goes in the other barge.
Thanks!
Thank you indeed! 😀😀
Found a passport floating in the cut the other week. Turned out to have come from a burglary some sixty miles away and somewhere on the bottom will be the missing safe it came from.
That's where someone with a large super magnet should come in handy! - Magnet fishing in water ways always finds safes and bicycles, and sometimes a firearm, especially in Amsterdam! 😃
Well done all concerned. Another great video.
4:31 Tea boat????
No beer boat then?
Asking for a friend!
This does not surprise me at all. I am part.of a group of around 15 people that clean up our local streams and ponds. It's nothing for us to pull out about the same amount as shown weekly all through the summer. I live in a small city of about 50K and there are countless miles of creeks and streams as well as 12 decent sized ponds at local parks. It is mind boggling the amount of random things people just dump into the water ways. Litterally anything you can imagine, we have found. We find guns regularly and have twice found deceased persons, assumingly from one of the homeless camps where drugs and violence are a regular occurance. We've recovered stolen property, boats, vehicles, you name it. No matter how much we clean up, there is always and endless supply of trash to be hauled away.
Nice to see so many volunteers working to make the canal cleaner..
I can only offer a guess that metal garbage in the canals wasn't a problem during The Second World War. I remember my grandmother telling me about refuse metal and rubber collections during the war. Very good work on the part of the canal crews and residents. 👍
Great work everyone, why some people want to live in a dump and throw rubbish I will never understand.
I must say That's pretty disturbing how people have no respect for things others use. But it's no different here in the US. I see it all the time.
So relieved to see that you had a cheese sandwich provided and a moment to lovingly rest your camera on a small narrow boat. I suspect I’d watch a video of yours focusing on grass growing whilst paint dried. Hope life is treating you well.
Another fascinating video David - some sterling work by all the clean-up crew.
Great work by those folks. Well done. Nice coverage too. C&Lx
As important as any episode. Thanks.
What a wonderful thing to see… Kudos to everyone involved❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
A very satisfying conclusion - well done, the gang!
Sometimes people suck and are trashy, but this crew are the stellar opposite 👌
That cheese sarnie is 40% more expensive than it was last year - you lead a lavish lifestyle David lol
Nice to see this team at work, you volunteers make all the difference - and ofcourse the sponsors, great work people!
Quite unbelievable David, it disgusts me how people behave, thank you for highlighting this, and for the fantastic efforts by the volunteers.