It’s green for go as litter clean-up approved
A £250,000 clean-up of litter hotspots has been given the green light by environmental chiefs.
Renfrewshire Council has pledged to tackle dog fouling, fly-tipping and rubbish plaguing residential roads and town centres.
Street sweepers will tackle footpaths and gullies, with rapid response teams working to clear areas quickly.
The campaign will also see the removal of out-of-date road signs, while parks and open spaces will also be targeted.
Councillor Cathy McEwan, convener of Renfrewshire Council’s land, infrastructure and environment board, insists tackling mess must be a priority.
She said:“Litter, dog fouling and waste will be addressed and our roads infrastructure will be revitalised as we look to inject the civic pride back into our communities.
“The quality of our environment plays a substantial part in how people perceive where they live and we want to encourage everyone to become involved, to take pride in their own community and make this campaign their own.
“We will be engaging with local people, schools, businesses and communities to build on the great work currently being undertaken, provide opportunities for local people to participate in community clean ups and encourage everyone to love where they live.
“We want to make Renfrewshire a great place to live, work, visit and invest in and this campaign will go a long way towards delivering those ambitions.”
The plan was approved at a full council summit yesterday.
As previously revealed in the Express, Renfrewshire has slipped to fourth bottom in the table of Scotland’s dirtiest 32 council areas.
Cuts to the street cleaning budget brought more than halved spending from £22,225 to £10,014 per 1,000 population since 2012/13 by this March.
A local authority report revealed Cleaning“activity”is down 40 per cent in the last five years during a period of “unprecedented change”within the service.
The programme is set to launch in late 2017.