Council and communities join in mission to clean up the country
Telford & Wrekin Council and local communities are coming together to support Keep Britain Tidy's annual Great British Spring Clean and are calling on others to lend a hand too.
Council staff, Street Champions, Community Action Teams, along with community groups, individuals are all rolling up their sleeves and taking part.
The council’s enforcement teams will also be out during this time tackling fly tipping, littering, dog fouling, abandoned vehicles, listening and engaging with local residents.
Councillor Lee Carter (Labour), cabinet member for Neighbourhood, Commercial Services and Regeneration, said:
"This year's event coincides with our Big Pride in Our Community Spring Clean-up, an eight-week campaign of sustained activity to keep the borough clean, green and safe.
"As a council, we are investing a record £50 million as part of our Pride in Our Community programme.
"Through our contract with idverde, our investment into local Community Action Teams, our enforcement teams and our Street Champions, we will be working to keep Telford and Wrekin clean and tidy.
"This work is also a dual effort between ourselves and residents - we all want our local parks, streets, and open spaces to be looked after.
"So we'd like to encourage and thank any volunteers getting involved in the Keep Britain Tidy campaign this year.”
Councillor Paul Watling (Labour), Cabinet Member for Stronger and Safer Communities, said:
"It isn't just council crews who clear litter.
"There is our volunteer Street Champions and many other individuals and groups who care about keeping our borough tidy.
"We now have over 1,300 Street Champions who are making a difference to the environment on their doorstep.
"I would like to thank the heroic efforts of our local Street Champions and community groups who make a massive difference in keeping the borough clean, green and safe.
"Please join in the Keep Britain Tidy campaign, whether you commit to five minutes or five hours; everything helps to clear litter and pollution from our environment."
Now in its seventh year, the Great British Spring Clean is the country's biggest mass-action environmental campaign. In 2019, 563,163 volunteers collected 997,377 bags of litter.
Individuals, groups and organisations can register their own litter pick during the Great British Spring Clean at www.keepbritaintidy.org/gbspringclean
