Merton has signed up to nationwide initiative, the Big Tidy Up which is taking place in the borough from Friday 3 March to Sunday 5 March 2017.
Merton Council are encouraging local residents and businesses to put on their gloves, take out their litter picks and get involved. This is just one of the ways which helps to clear rubbish from the borough’s streets and tackle litter louts who drop tonnes of rubbish in Merton every year, costing Merton’s taxpayers a huge £5 million annually.
Councillor Ross Garrod said: “We hate litter and we are taking a zero tolerance approach to the few people who drop their rubbish on our streets at huge cost to the majority of people who are proud of Merton and where they live. Imagine what we could do with the £5 million we have to spend on clearing up after the litter louts. There is no excuse to drop rubbish. We have installed over 1,200 litter bins on our streets and in our parks and green spaces and even if they’re full, it’s easy to take your rubbish home with you.”
Take a look at the meet-up points below:
Saturday 4 March
The Civic Centre
10am -1pm
Haydon’s Road Rec by the car park
10am-1pm
St Helier Roundabout
10am -1pm
Figges Marsh area
Meet in the car park near the corner of London Road and Gorringe Park Avenue
10am-1pm
Sunday 5 March
Ravensbury Park
10am -1pm
Local anti-litter campaigner Dan Goode of Merton Matters said: “It’s great to have the council and community working together getting the message out there that we can all play a part in keeping Merton clean. The council can’t do it all and we all need to do our bit. If just one person from each Merton household picked up one piece of litter it would remove a staggering 80,000 pieces of litter from our streets. Such an insignificant action from each household could make an astounding difference. A combination of litterers using bins and residents helping to bin litter, has the potential to permanently transform Merton.”
Residents and businesses who want to get involved should call 020 8545 3173.
Lady Wimbledon and the ‘Eyes of Lady Wimbledon’ bloggers will be doing their bit on Friday morning at the Wimbledon Rugby Club and entrance to the Fishponds Wood Nature Reserve.
Visit: thebigtidyup.org & merton.gov.uk
Twitter: @KeepBritainTidy
Facebook: @KeepBritainTidy
