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The highways and slip roads A195, A1231 and A 195 are cleaned of litter twice a year. Road closures have to be made through a legal process and advertised. This legal process costs £21,000 a year. The grass verge is cut at the same time. I have suggested that cameras are erected to capture number…

Children’s toys, bikes and scooters, as well as Christmas decorations, were amongst an estimated 955 bags of litter collected by our volunteers on cycle routes in County Durham, Gateshead and Newcastle during 2018. Volunteer groups meet each week to pick litter and help maintain traffic-free sections of the National Cycle Network, including parts of the…

The environment wins as people back litter-picking and turn away from single-use plastic. Over 70% of people now view tackling litter as more important than they used to and 75% feel more appreciative of people who pick up litter, according to a new survey carried for Keep Britain Tidy by Ipsos MORI. More than 67% also said they…

Be part of the pick!    Great British Spring Clean / Great Big School Clean 22 March – 23 April 2019   Today we launch our most ambitious campaign yet. We want to inspire 500,000 people to join forces to clear litter, including single-use plastic, from our streets, parks and beaches, recycling as much as…

It’s Recycling Week. Sunderland residents do a good job at recycling, but we can all do more. See what you can put in your blue bin here: sunderland.gov.uk/bluebin sunderland.gov.uk/householdwaste

Clean up groups have hit out at “selfish” litterers warning that people must pick up their own rubbish because councils cannot afford to. The scorching bank holiday weather drove people to parks and beaches across the UK, but what was left behind was a sea of litter. Cleaning campaigners have now urged people to stop…