September marks the return to school and college, and the unwelcome increase of the litter problem between Campkin Road shops and Cambridge Regional College.
This is an issue that the City have been working hard on to try and deal with.
The City Council has taken a multi-pronged approach. Working with CRC to educate pupils, and sending the enforcement team out with the power to issue £70 on the spot fines for those caught littering.
The second part is litter picking. The City Council teams pick daily in the affected area, and both Tesco and Ocean Dragon are also providing litter pickers. Ocean Dragon have agreed to pick between 1.30 and 2pm, and Tesco at 3pm. The hope is this will pick litter after the lunchtime rush which seems to be the time of the worst problem. The City has also used powers to clean up some of the gardens that were impacted by the litter dropped.
Alongside the picks and the enforcement powers the Council have also used some of the City Summer Bins along the route used by the students.
The City Council is monitoring this, but as always contact the team should there be any problems.
It is also worth noting that if you see a problem with litter when out and about in the City you can call the City Council on 01223 457000 to request a pick for the area. You can also use this to report flytip or graffiti.
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