A TOTAL of 1,993 bags of rubbish, 226 tyres and 152 miscellaneous items from pushchairs to fishing nets that have been fly-tipped across Carmarthenshire have been cleared by Tidy Towns in the last year.
During 2012/13, the team has worked with 997 volunteers, as well as community groups, schools and colleges, disengaged groups and businesses.
The Tidy Towns project workers travelled a total of 11,316 miles helping to clean up all 58 wards across the county.
Activities carried out included beach clean-ups, community skip days, litter-picks, graffiti removal and overgrowth clearance projects.
Tyre amnesties held in partnership with the council’s Street Scene section saw some 4,495 tyres collected and an area totalling 4650m2 of the invasive Japanese Knotweed plant was sprayed.
Executive Board Member for Regeneration Councillor Meryl Gravell said: “It is important that people take pride in where they live and Tidy Towns helps communities to achieve this by assisting volunteers to undertake a range of environmental improvement projects.
“I am amazed by the amount of work that was carried out in last year and would like to congratulate the team and all the volunteers for their efforts in cleaning up the county.”
Tidy Towns is a Welsh Government-funded initiative delivered in partnership by Carmarthenshire County Council and Keep Wales Tidy. The aim is to encourage and support communities to improve the quality of their local environment.
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