Over 100 staff and Councillors from Barking and Dagenham Council were out collecting litter, on the first day of a new campaign designed to clean up the borough.
Staff from across the council volunteered their time to take part in seven litter picking events in green spaces across the borough, to show their commitment to working with residents to make the borough a cleaner place.
The ‘Cleaner Barking and Dagenham’ campaign will tackle littering, overflowing bins, fly-tipping, dog fouling and other grime crimes, while encouraging residents to play their part.
Residents can also host their own local litter p
Over 100 staff and Councillors from Barking and Dagenham Council were out collecting litter, on the first day of a new campaign designed to clean up the borough.
Staff from across the council volunteered their time to take part in seven litter picking events in green spaces across the borough, to show their commitment to working with residents to make the borough a cleaner place.
The ‘Cleaner Barking and Dagenham’ campaign will tackle littering, overflowing bins, fly-tipping, dog fouling and other grime crimes, while encouraging residents to play their part.
Residents can also host their own local litter picking events and the council will provide litter pickers, gloves and waste bags by visiting here.
Residents can find out more information about the campaign by visiting here.
We are:
- emptying 117,500 bins each week
- investing in 18 brand new bin trucks to help collect your waste quickly
- bringing in new street cleaning vehicles
- introducing a FREE white good collection service working with online electrical retailer AO (more information coming soon)
- cracking down on people who dump rubbish
- clamping down on rogue landlords
And we’re asking you to:
- put the right stuff in each bin
- get rid of your bulky waste properly
- keep your front garden tidy and don’t litter in our community
- organise a local litter picking event
- report fly-tipping and neighbourhood issues to us
- confidentially report unlicensed properties
