Thankyou to Helen for this poster in advance of the start of the big spring clean.
Regarding the town centre I know that the local councils do litter pick some areas regularly. Along West St. Helen Street, a man does an excellent job clearing up the drink and fast food containers after Friday and Saturday night.
Other places are just a trap for litter that are very difficult to clear. For example, next to the Reynolds Way Supermarket there is a hedge that traps a lot of litter, and you notice it when there are no green leaves.
Thank you Alistair for displaying this poster on the Blog for me.
Re: The Town Centre. A number of retailers have now joined our scheme and try to keep the outside areas of their premises clear of litter which has helped. Costa Coffee is one of them, and you may have noticed that they have put extra bins outside. However, most tell me the same thing – that there is a real problem with the open air bins, napkins, sachets, etc will escape from them with the slightest gust of wind. I am currently in communication with the leaseholders to try and get them replaced with something more practical.
Re: Reynolds Way – There are problems with people congregating during the evening and littering the green even though they are surrounded by bins. What is wrong with them, maybe their just thick? I am bringing along a few sacutears to cut some of the growth off the hedge so that we can get to the litter. I did ask the shopkeepers if they would like the Council to remove it as it seems to serve no purpose other than being a litter trap. They all said “no we like the hedge”. Just a pity they don’t like it enough to maintain it properly as it is on their land!