LITTER pickers filled 64 rubbish sacks, including 1,282 plastic bottles as they picked rubbish below the QE2 Bridge.
The litter pick, last Wednesday, saw 18 pickers dedicate their time.
Stranger finds including a car wheel and a tyre which had been floating down the river.
The litter pickers thanked Navigator Terminals and Thurrock Council for the support.
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