Join ‘The Big Tidy Up’

SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council is encouraging local residents and community groups to get involved in The Big Tidy Up ? a national campaign running throughout September, which aims to get everyone involved in tackling the problem of litter.
The Big Tidy Up could be the county’s biggest ever litter clean up. The month-long event aims to get communities together to tackle the tide of litter and all the councils in Oxfordshire, working together as Oxfordshire Waste Partnership (OWP), are lending their support.

Thame Town Councillor, David Dodds, who is also the Cabinet Member for environmental services, said: “We can all do our bit in September by not dropping litter and picking up the rubbish left by other people. Cleaner streets and parks benefit us all and save taxpayers? money. We?ll certainly be carrying on with doing our bit throughout the year.
“I?d encourage people to visit www.oxfordshirewaste.gov.uk, to find out how to take part in the Big Tidy Up. Why not join an event in South Oxfordshire or even organise a rubbish clear-up yourself??.

The council will lend litter-picking equipment to anyone in the district who wants to organise a clean up of their area and will also take away any litter and recyclables after the event.

Figures released by Keep Britain Tidy, organisers of the national Big Tidy Up, reveal that council taxpayers in the UK fork out