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Grand Canal Clean Up

intheclouds · 2016-02-07 18:46:40

Bit of an odd query. On Saturday just gone I was driving along the Grand Canal and I saw some people wearing hi-vis vest saying Volunteer cleaning up the canal. They had long rubbish pickers. I saw them around 10am along the stretch from Portobello to Mespil Road. First of all, fair play to the volunteers, I rubbish pick…

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07-02-2016 7:46pm

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intheclouds

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Bit of an odd query.

On Saturday just gone I was driving along the Grand Canal and I saw some people wearing hi-vis vest saying Volunteer cleaning up the canal. They had long rubbish pickers. I saw them around 10am along the stretch from Portobello to Mespil Road.

First of all, fair play to the volunteers, I rubbish pick locally and while in many ways a thankless task, it's very worthwhile.

What I want to know is, where would one get hold of one of those long rubbish pickers? They're much longer than the normal ones, maybe 4-5ft long.

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#2 09-02-2016 12:55pm
OldGoat

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Litterpickers.
http://www.litterpickersdirect.com/catalogue/detail.aspx?pid=32329&gid=41509&pg=hUZTO7cR6nI%3D

I'm older than Minecraft goats.

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#3 09-02-2016 1:13pm
intheclouds

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I found those online alright, does anyone know of a bricks and mortar store where one could procure such?

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