Tameside Sweeping up in Great British Spring Clean

TAMESIDE is sweeping up when it comes to the Great British Spring Clean (GBSC).

Schools, community groups and the council have all been coming together to tidy the borough and play their part in the nation’s biggest mass-action environmental campaign. 

GBSC started on 21 March and continues until 6 April. The first Tameside litter-pick was at St George’s Church, Hyde. Lots more have followed, and they will continue until the closing date of Sunday 6 April.

Tidy neighbourhoods constantly rank among the top priorities for people in both Tameside and across the UK.

In a YouGov survey carried out for Keep Britain Tidy ahead of the Great British Spring Clean, almost 32 million people said they wanted the place they live to be clean. Three in four UK adults said dirty streets make them less proud of their neighbourhood.

To make it easier for residents to organise community litter-picks, Tameside Council has established a growing network of litter hubs across the borough which allow people to borrow equipment including bags, litter-pickers, and hi-vis jackets.

For more information about Tameside’s litter hubs and how you can get involved and be a litter hub champion visit www.tameside.gov.uk/litterhubs.

Cllr Laura Boyle, Tameside Council’s executive member for environmental services and neighbourhoods, commented: “We all have a collective responsibility to look after our local environments and while the council has staff working hard to keep our streets clean we can’t tackle this alone. We need the community on board in looking after our streets.

“That’s why we appreciate residents’ involvement in campaigns like GBSC. I’d like to offer a big thank you to everyone who are helping to look after their neighbourhoods.”

Cllr Stephen Homer, executive member for towns, transport and connectivity, added: “The Great British Spring Clean is proving to be a real community effort and making a huge difference to all our towns and villages.

“Many thanks to everyone that taken part in helping the council to make Tameside a cleaner, brighter and more appealing place. Your efforts have been invaluable.”

Since 2016, when the first Great British Spring Clean took place, more than a million bags of litter have been collected. To learn about the campaign visit www.keepbritaintidy.org