Polystyrene Pile Up

8 Goodgymers helped their local community in Oxford
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Oxford

Wednesday 1st July

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Cutteslowe Greenhouses is still a fairly new venue for us, and each visit helps clear another layer of long‑abandoned detritus. Matthew hosted and pointed us toward today’s priorities: clearing the future café area, shifting fence panels, and relocating a fresh batch of materials.

The standout job was the polystyrene pile‑up. We gathered sheets from around the site and stacked them into a bright, tidy white wall beside the skip. We’ve stacked wood, bricks, blocks, stones over the years, but never polystyrene. A new material added to the GoodGym repertoire.

We also cleared the café area and watered a huge number of plants, much needed after last week’s greenhouse heatwave, when one tunnel hit 75 degrees.

A warm welcome to James, who joined us for his first GoodGym task and jumped straight into the clear‑up and poly‑stacking.

Another solid dent made in the Cutteslowe clutter mountain — steadily nudging the place from Cutteslowe toward clutter‑low.


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