Thanks everyone who helped with our latest monthly (-ish) clean up last Saturday. It is good to keep on top of the litter problem, and it’s a great way to get to know each other better. As before, the bags that we left at the end of Upper West Grove were taken by Biffa. This is a special extra collection they do for us. Don't leave bags there at any other time!! We noticed by Monday a few extra items had been left with our bags - bits of furniture, a mattress. Maybe this was from a few people trying to be helpful, but our arrangement with Biffa is bags only. However, everything was taken this time and we are trying to find to if that was a one-off or not.
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We have been given some funding to work with a community artist on some fun and creative ways for all ages to learn about the importance of re-cycling, and even do our own bit of re-cyling of objects to make them into works of art! More news to follow...
On April 21 we had the first of our regular small clean-ups. It was great to see a good number of volunteers out with litter-pickers and bags to pick-up litter from the streets that had collected since our big Spring Clean in March. Having these clean-ups every few weeks does not take much time and keeps the Groves looking good. The Council arranged for the bags we filled to be collected early the next week. We also gave out some "Is this Your Rubbish?" notices to houses near where some rubbish bags or objects had been dumped – two leaflets with a photo of the rubbish. These were to warn whoever did it that there are big fines, and also to inform them of how to get help to dispose of their rubbish legally. After our Spring Clean on March 17, local company Redgate Holdings came and gave our alleys a professional clean. A big thank you to them and to Katrina from the Council for arranging it.
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