As part of the Yorkshire Coast Great Big Green week there is a massive community clean up taking place in Eastfield today between 9am and 1pm.
Local businesses have chipped in to provide funding for skips to be placed around the town.
Volunteers who can spare time to help are invited to meet at Eastfield Community Centre on High Street from 9am onwards. Everyone is welcome, no matter how much time they can spare.
Equipment for litter picking and cleaning up streets and green spaces will be provided. Volunteer efforts will be boosted by Scarborough Borough Council’s cleansing team with road sweeping vehicles and their high pressure cleaning machine.
Nine free skips will be available for the community to deposit rubbish and abandoned items they may have seen near their homes.
Residents who have unwanted household items outside their house and haven’t had chance to take them to the local recycling centre yet, can also make use of their nearest skip.
Local councillor Tony Randerson says anyone in the community can use the skips to help tidy up the area. He says local school children will be getting involved in the event.
Tony says the event is not just about people cleaning out there own items, but also about tidying up public spaces and sorting out fly-tipping.
The skips will located at:
- Path linking Westway and Dale Edge – closest to Westway/Manham Hill roundabout
- Westway grassed area in front of Bankside Park and Holy Nativity Church
- Merrydale - top end
- Loaders Green and Ryefield Road junction
- Eastfield Community Centre car park, High Street
- Overdale and Gouldings Close junction
- Eastway Flats, off Eastway
- Beech Walk - area of former Beyond Housing garages
Asbestos, liquid chemicals, wet concrete, compressed gas bottles and commercial waste cannot be placed in the skips. Electrical and white goods can be deposited by the side of the skips and will be collected separately. There will be people at the community centre on the morning of the clean-up to answer queries about the use of the skips.
After the event, the skips will be taken to the Household Waste Recycling Site at Seamer Carr. The waste will be sorted, with as much as possible sent for recycling to minimise waste to landfill.
Eastfield Big Community Clean-up is jointly organised by Scarborough Borough Council, Eastfield Town Council, Beyond Housing, Keep Scarborough Tidy Group and other organisations within the Eastfield PACT partnership.
Free refreshments will be provided for all volunteers. This will include a light breakfast before the start of the event, which will be served from 8.30am at Eastfield Community Centre.
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