VOLUNTEER litter pickers have been called to action during the Battle of Evesham Medieval Market.
Twenty four members of Anti-Litter Evesham spent their weekend alongside volunteers from the Battle of Evesham clearing up litter that was left behind throughout the course of the event.
The group managed to pick up rubbish during the event to fill 14 bin bags and found broken glass, cigarettes as well as syringes.
Laura Van Toller, chief womble at Anti-Litter Evesham, said: "We started at 9am on Saturday (May 18) and left at 7pm on Sunday (May 19).
"We support the Battle of Evesham because they support us, they helped us with our recent big Spring Clean.
"Unfortunately for big events and festivals, they bring a lot of litter.
"We worked in two-hour shifts and easily cleaned up eight bags of rubbish on Saturday and another six bags on Sunday."
The Battle of Evesham consists of four main events, the Medieval Market, the Festival, the Banquet and the Christmas Fayre.
The Medieval Market saw 30,000 people attend this year.
Miss Van Toller added: "We fund two syringes, one on each day, lots of broken glass and lots of cigarette butts.
"I can't stress how many we found, I am surprised they are not carpeting the floor of the town centre.
"We also found loads of leaflets strewn across the floor.
"On Sunday we found seven whole glasses and we were able to take them back to the relevant pubs which is a bonus for once."
The group was formed in 2016 as an extension to the Evesham Town Plan and are currently looking to form a taskforce to clean up more than just litter.
Miss Van Toller said: "We don't need road closures and traffic lights and we don't need money from the public purse, but we brighten up the area."
Mick Hurst, director for the Battle of Evesham said: "They are a great asset to the Battle of Evesham.
"I would like to thank all the volunteers from Anti-Litter Evesham along with our own volunteers who helped pick up stray litter throughout the weekend.
"We also bought ten of our own bins to take waste from the event.
"They did a great job, when I walked through the site on Monday (May 20) the site was spotless."
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