Babergh residents are being urged to start a blitz on litter and eradicate the rubbish as their local council launches the start of a six-week Spring Clean programme.
Babergh District Council’s annual Spring Clean programme, which is running for six weeks from the beginning of March, will see a number of events throughout the district. Babergh’s Spring Clean programme leads up to the Suffolk-wide campaign - March 29th until April 11th.
The programme will see a number of parishes across the district taking part in litter picks to tidy up their areas starting with Kersey this weekend. While, Hintlesham, Glemsford and Cockfield will be holding their community tidy events next weekend (March 13/14) but Babergh is urging more parishes to jump on board in the coming weeks.
As well as litter picks, Babergh is urging the public to adopt-an-area of Babergh – and has 100 litter grabbers and high-visibility vests, at a maximum of five per parish, to give away to individuals who will pledge to take part in regular litter patrols.
Daniel Whymark, Babergh’s Local Environment Quality Officer, said: “Babergh takes pride in its district and the beautiful villages and vibrant communities that are within it.
“Events like the Spring Clean are important to give residents the opportunity to contribute to improving the cleanliness of the area they live in.
“Last year during the same event, more than 30 community litter picks took place and residents worked really hard to keep Babergh beautiful.
“This year we would like to encourage even more people to take part and to continue in the hard work long after the programme has finished by taking up our offer of free litter picking equipment.”
Babergh is also offering an amnesty on charging for the surrender and disposal of unwanted vehicles during its Spring Clean.
For the six weeks Babergh will waive its £36 fee. This initiative is being run by our Environmental Protection section and anyone who would like to take advantage of this offer should email environmental.protection@babergh.gov.uk or call 01473 826623.
For further information on what you can do to help keep your district clean and tidy, please visit Babergh’s website: http://www.babergh.gov.uk/.
If you would like to organise a community litter pick in your area and borrow our equipment – or take advantage of the adopt-an-area litter pickers - please contact our Open Space section by emailing open.space@babergh.gov.uk or by calling 01473 826654.
The litter pickers and hi-visibility waistcoats available will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, so please check availability before setting a date for a litter pick. ENDS
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