River Amman Clean Up

The River Amman as it passes through Brynaman suffers from minor fly-tipping and substantial littering, although a lot of this waste is carried downstream from other valleys towns. This stretch of the river is on the county boundary between Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot - it also seems to act as litter net.

This stretch of the river was cleaned about a year ago. To maintain its cleanliness, another clean up was arranged for today by Keep Wales Tidy, as part of Tidy Wales Week 2008. The surrounding area (the rugby field) was also litter picked.

Assisting in the event were local residents, members of BrynAman Street Elite (BASE) and a member of Fiends of Ynys Dawela.

Picking litter out of the river.

Dan Snaith from Keep Wales Tidy wades in deep under Brynaman's bridge.

Angela from Friends of Ynys Dawela.

Dan finds a Polaroid camera inside its case in the river!

Hauling the litter up the bank of the River Amman.

The large pile of litter collected, including some road signs that must have been thrown off the bridge.

After the clean up and just as the rain started coming down, Kathryn from Keep Wales Tidy made everyone a nice cup of tea and passed around the biscuits in the Pensioner's Hall.