Skips, Litter Picking and Street Cleaning as Eastfield Carries Out "Big Community Clean Up"

Wednesday, 20 September 2023 06:00

By Matthew Pells

A big community clean-up will take place in Eastfield today.

Following the success of previous years events, the big clean will again be a chance for neighbours, friends and businesses to join together to clean up the area and show their pride in the community. It will be staged on Wednesday, September 20, from 9am to 1pm. Anyone who can spare time to help is invited to meet at Eastfield Community Centre on Link Walk from 9am.

Volunteers will be litter picking and North Yorkshire Council’s cleansing team will be on hand with with road sweepers and a high-pressure cleaner.

Local Councillor - Tony Randerson - says there will also be community skips available.

Two large skips will be available to deposit rubbish and abandoned items residents have found near their homes. Residents who have unwanted non-bulky household items can use their nearest skip. The skips will be in Dunn Grove and Beech Walk.

Asbestos, liquid chemicals, wet concrete, compressed gas bottles and commercial waste cannot be placed in the skips. Electrical and white goods can be placed beside the skips and will be collected separately. There will be people at the community centre 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.

Equipment for litter picking and cleaning up streets and green spaces will be provided as part of the clean up event

Local Councillor - Tony Randerson - says it will be a big community effort with local schools also taking part.

Eastfield Big Community Clean-up is organised by North Yorkshire Council in partnership with Eastfield Town Council, Beyond Housing and other organisations within the Eastfield PACT partnership.

It's the third year that the community clean up has taken place and Local Councillor - Tony Randerson - says it's had an impact.

North Yorkshire Council’s executive member for managing our environment, Cllr Greg White, said:

“The big community clean-up in Eastfield is a great example of the change we can all make to our environment by working together. If we all contribute what we can, we all reap the rewards of those combined efforts.”