One of the clean-up volunteers says the amount of rubbish found makes her 'heart bleed'.
Lorraine Thompson, from Tamworth Cool Pickers, said the amount of rubbish made her "heart bleed"Warwickshire-based volunteers Tamworth Cool Pickers are collecting items at Lea Marston Lakes and one said the amount of waste had made her cry.
Lorraine Thompson, from Tamworth Cool Pickers, said the amount of rubbish by the lakes had made her "heart bleed"."It's the environment, isn't it. The wildlife and what it's doing... I just think, 'what are we as humans doing to the environment'?" she added.Tonnes of rubbish including plastic bottles and needles have been found at Lea Marston Lakes
She said volunteers had collected hundreds of plastic bottles, needles and coconuts and had also found industrial cylinders, garden ponds and crisp packets from the 1990s and early 2000s at the lakes.
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