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Streets in Carmarthenshire continue to be cleaner than the all Wales average, according to a new report. The survey, carried out by Keep Wales Tidy in July, gave Carmarthenshire an overall score of 68.5 (out of 100) for cleanliness* - that’s above the all Wales figure of 67.9. Furthermore, 94% of streets in Carmarthenshire were graded B or above (no more than three small items of litter). No D grade streets were found during the course of survey (heavily affected by litter and/or refuse with significant accumulations). The Local Environmental Audit and Management System (LEAMS) report found that pedestrian/individual litter continues to be the biggest litter problem in the county, present on 92.8% of streets surveyed. Smoking-related litter continues to be the most common litter type, found on 85.5% of county streets. Confectionary litter and drinks related litter were present on 57.8% and 50.6% of streets respectively, and fast food litter was identified on 22.9% of streets. Dog fouli...

Streets in Carmarthenshire are cleaner than the all Wales average, according to a new report. The survey, carried out by Keep Wales Tidy , gave Carmarthenshire an overall score of 69 (out of 100) for cleanliness*. This is both an improvement on last year’s figure of 68.1 and above the all Wales figure of 67.9. The survey also found that 98.2% of streets were grade B (predominantly free of litter and refuse apart from some small items) or above, which again is an improvement on 2010/11 and above the all Wales figure. No D grade streets were found during the course of survey (heavily affected by litter and/or refuse with significant accumulations). The Local Environmental Audit and Management System (LEAMS) report has been published following surveys carried out in Carmarthenshire in July 2011 and February 2012. Carmarthenshire County Council’s Director of Technical Services Richard Workman congratulated both cleansing and environmental enforcement staff for all their hard work. He...