Organised by our housing services team, the two-day community clean-up on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st May saw an incredible sixty-five tonnes of municipal and garden waste removed.

The local community came out in force to help the housing and environmental staff to clear up their area. Contractor Dolan Skips Ltd provided 44 skips to remove the waste with the contractor confident they can recycle up to 90% to prevent it going to landfill.

Funding for the community litter collection came from the council’s Recover NL fund which supports projects which help maintain and improve common areas and green spaces.

Stephen Llewellyn, Head of Housing Services said: “Well done to everyone involved. This was a huge effort to clear up areas blighted by dumped waste and fly-tipping. I’m incredibly proud of the housing and environmental staff who worked tirelessly over the two days to make this possible. We are also grateful for the support given by people in the local community who came out and took part.

“It was great to see community spirit in action and people taking pride in their local area. Our housing advisors and tenant participation team are continuing to work with local people to try and start up a residents’ association to help with future initiatives.”