More than 30 tonnes of rubbish – including a discarded parachute – has been cleared during the first month of a council-backed campaign.
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s The Big Spring Clean has seen an army of community volunteers and council workers take to the streets with bin bags and litter pickers.
Hundreds of crisp packets and thousands of drinks containers have been disposed of properly.
The annual campaign runs throughout March, April and May all across Caerphilly County Borough and encourages residents to take pride in their place by getting involved with community clean up projects to complement the daily routine frontline maintenance and improvement works the council already carries out.
The waste and rubbish collected included items such as tyres, tree cuttings, builder’s rubble, glass bottles, sofas, mattresses. Even a parachute has been recovered from Nant Aber Watercourse.
Cllr Dave Poole, cabinet member for community and leisure Sservices, said: “To have collected 30 tonnes of waste in just one month of the campaign is an amazing achievement.
“Credit is due to all of the volunteers, school children and council workers who have tackled the unseasonably cold weather to keep our area clean and tidy.
“Complementing these worthy community endeavours, our enforcement officers are also undertaking frontline enforcement activity to ensure our environment is not tarnished with litter, fly tipping and dog fouling.”
Lansbury Park man fined over rubbish
A man from Lansbury Park, Caerphilly, has been ordered to pay a total of £200 after failing to ensure his household waste was deposited legally and correctly.
Household waste from Kerry Anthony Bailey’s residence was discovered at Cefn Carnau Lane, Caerphilly. Legislation under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, section 34 (2a) states that all householders have a legal responsibility to ensure waste from their home is disposed of correctly and with a licensed carrier.
Bailey, 25, of Buxton Court, Lansbury Park was convicted for breaching his duty of care for household waste at Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court on Thursday April 4. He was fined £100 and was ordered to pay costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £15.