In photos: Litter pickers slam ‘shocking’ area near M1 as ‘worst’ in Chesterfield for litter

Volunteers from Chesterfield Litter Pickers (CLP) organised a litter pick around Markham Vale and the J29a M1 junction over the weekend.

Litter pickers collected an insane amount of litter including 38 bags of waste weighting 201.35 kgs and four bags of cans.

Lee Brassington, who launched CLP, said: “The area is the worst in Chesterfield with all the lorry drivers coming off the M1 to the Industrial estates, and throw in a fast food services for good measure. It's shocking.

"The amount of times we've picked it, either individually or as a group is insane.”

During the litter pick volunteers focused on Markham Lane which is the entrance to the landfill site.

Lee added: “It's a regular park up spot by the HGV drivers and you could obviously tell with the litter and bodily fluids they leave behind.”

Litter pickers also cleared the services, up to Duckmanton traffic lights and down to Seymour Link Road.

Volunteers spotted some fly tips, which have been reported for further investigation.

Lee said: “Flytips are the big issue at the moment. They're popping up everywhere in Chesterfield.

“We try to remove them ourselves if possible but we've had to get the councils involved all week as they were to big for us."

Litter has been taken to Ward, a recycling facility in Chesterfield, to be recycled.

Lee added: "I've just spent six weeks in Europe and there's barely a piece of litter anywhere and definitely no flytipping.

"If they can do it, we should be able to.”

Shocking photos shared by CLP show the amount of litter left behind around Markham Vale and the J29a M1 junction.