Carmarthenshire's litter league delight
Carmarthenshire is streets ahead of other local authorities in the Wales ‘litter league’.
Official figures from the Local Government Data Unit Wales have been put into a league table by the GMB union.
It shows Carmarthenshire has the second cleanest streets in Wales out of all 22 local authorities with 99 per cent of highways and land inspected of a high or acceptable standard of cleanliness.
Torfaen was named the cleanest in Wales and Blaenau Gwent the dirtiest.
Carmarthenshire County Council’s Director of Technical Services Richard Workman congratulated cleansing staff for all their hard work.
He added: “The council is responsible for removing litter from pavements, streets and public land and our cleansing staff do a fantastic job all year round in all types of weather conditions.
“The Street Scene division has a cleansing staff of 60, along with a number of mechanical sweeping machines and on average 40 tonnes of litter is removed every week at a cost of over £2.1 million per year.
“We aim to provide a flexible and responsive service, targeting the areas where it is needed most and maintaining high cleanliness standards throughout Carmarthenshire. Although this can make it difficult to provide information on when some streets will next be swept, all areas near town centres are cleaned on a daily basis.
“Our service is continually monitored and reviewed for potential improvements. We also aim to continue working with local communities to develop new solutions for local problems, and carry out locally based, community involved clean-ups.”
The public also have a part to play in helping to keep the county clean and green and an extensive awareness-raising campaign has been launched to tackle the problem of litter, fly-tipping and dog fouling.
Executive board member for the environment Councillor Haydn Jones said: “We will endeavour to sustain and improve cleanliness standards, targeting problem areas such as fast-food outlets and school routes.
“We aim to ensure that we supply the right number of bins in the right places and that they are emptied regularly. However, residents and visitors also have a responsibility to keep Carmarthenshire clean so if there are no litter bins near please take your rubbish home or keep it until you find a bin.
“By working together we can make Carmarthenshire a much cleaner and safer place for everyone.”
Official figures from the Local Government Data Unit Wales have been put into a league table by the GMB union.
It shows Carmarthenshire has the second cleanest streets in Wales out of all 22 local authorities with 99 per cent of highways and land inspected of a high or acceptable standard of cleanliness.
Torfaen was named the cleanest in Wales and Blaenau Gwent the dirtiest.
Carmarthenshire County Council’s Director of Technical Services Richard Workman congratulated cleansing staff for all their hard work.
He added: “The council is responsible for removing litter from pavements, streets and public land and our cleansing staff do a fantastic job all year round in all types of weather conditions.
“The Street Scene division has a cleansing staff of 60, along with a number of mechanical sweeping machines and on average 40 tonnes of litter is removed every week at a cost of over £2.1 million per year.
“We aim to provide a flexible and responsive service, targeting the areas where it is needed most and maintaining high cleanliness standards throughout Carmarthenshire. Although this can make it difficult to provide information on when some streets will next be swept, all areas near town centres are cleaned on a daily basis.
“Our service is continually monitored and reviewed for potential improvements. We also aim to continue working with local communities to develop new solutions for local problems, and carry out locally based, community involved clean-ups.”
The public also have a part to play in helping to keep the county clean and green and an extensive awareness-raising campaign has been launched to tackle the problem of litter, fly-tipping and dog fouling.
Executive board member for the environment Councillor Haydn Jones said: “We will endeavour to sustain and improve cleanliness standards, targeting problem areas such as fast-food outlets and school routes.
“We aim to ensure that we supply the right number of bins in the right places and that they are emptied regularly. However, residents and visitors also have a responsibility to keep Carmarthenshire clean so if there are no litter bins near please take your rubbish home or keep it until you find a bin.
“By working together we can make Carmarthenshire a much cleaner and safer place for everyone.”
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