Volunteers drag rusting chunk of metal from the Afon Lwyd in Cwmbran

This group of volunteers spotted a large chunk of metal in the Afon Lwyd on the stretch by Cwmbran Boating Lake.

Richard Davies, one of the volunteers, said he first saw it “years ago.” He put out an appeal and rounded up a group of people who decided to work together and drag it out of the river.

Several of the volunteers were from the Eco-Warriors of Bran– a group that meet up every Sunday and target an area of the town and carry out a litter pick.

They met up last Saturday at 8.30am. Several of them were wearing wellies ready to get into the river. Davies Timber loaned a van so they could take the metal to a local scrap yard. It took less than 20 minutes to get it out of the river, up the steep bank and onto the back of the van.

The volunteers carefully pushed and pulled the rusty lump of metal up the steep river bank

large lump of metal in river — The rusty lump of metal had been in the river for ‘years’ according to Richard Davies

Three men ready to draft lump of metal — A group pushed the lump up the river bank while others pulled a rope

Watch a video of the volunteers

If you want to help make Cwmbran a cleaner place to live join the Eco Warriors of Bran Facebook group and find out the date and time of their next litter pick