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GREENER BOROUGH
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News round up Chandler’s Ford & Hiltingbury
Hiltingbury Lakes
Eastleigh supports September clean-up campaign
Work on the removal of invasive plants and the restoration of woodland and wetland habitats restarts at Hiltingbury Lakes this autumn. We are working on getting our brilliant team of volunteers back to improving the area for the local community and wildlife.
social gatherings, people will not be able to host or join public events as in previous years. As part of our commitment to making Eastleigh a greener, cleaner Borough, we are able to loan litter pickers to groups and supply free rubbish bags.
To keep up to date with what’s happening at the lakes, please visit eastleigh.gov.uk/ hiltingburylakes.
Cabinet Lead for the Environment, Cllr Rupert Kyrle, said: “The Great September Spring Clean gives local people a great opportunity to act against litter and improve their local area together. It’s such a shame littering happens at all. It’s a blight on our environment, harms wildlife and is completely avoidable if people take their litter home with them or put it in a public bin.
Bishopstoke, Fair Oak & Horton Heath
Fly tipping at the Planney Following investment to improve The Planney, the small woodland off Edward Avenue in Bishopstoke, daily monitoring is now taking place to prevent fly tipping across this green area. Anyone caught fly tipping will face prosecution by the Council’s Enforcement Team as we seek to improve this muchloved local space for residents. If you see anyone fly tipping please call 023 8068 8000 to report it.
Bow Lake Gardens Play Area A new play area at Bow Lake Gardens is currently being installed and will open in late September. Following consultation with the local community the play area was changed to a woodland theme in keeping with the location. It is funded from contributions from the developers to improve community facilities and will be installed by Vitaplay.
Take part in the Great British September Clean Earlier this year, the Great British Spring Clean was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the annual national clean-up campaign, organised by the Keep Britain Tidy Group, is back with the Great British September Clean from 11 to 27 September. As with the springtime campaign, people in the Borough are being encouraged to become #litterheroes and take on litter in their local street, park or other areas.
To take part, you can either organise a private clean-up with up to five other family members and friends, or pledge to do your own individual clean-up, even if it’s just 15 minutes. Due to restrictions on
Last spring residents made a real difference so we hope people will be just as enthusiastic about this autumn’s community clean-up.” Groups taking part can also liaise with our Street Scene team to arrange for the litter they have gathered to be collected and disposed of. If you think we could support your pick, please email streetscene@eastleigh.gov.uk.
Find out more: www.keepbritaintidy.org/get-involved/ support-our-campaigns/great-britishspring-clean
Changes to our waste and recycling policy Important changes have been agreed to the Council’s Domestic Waste and Recycling Policy that will improve service delivery and help residents manage their waste and recycling collections. Missed bins We will now aim to collect bins we have missed on our rounds within 48 hours, rather than 72 hours. If you need to report a missed collection, please do so after 2pm on your collection day and before the end of the next working day. Additional recycling To help cut back on single use plastic bags, residents will no longer be able to use clear plastic sacks for additional
recycling. Instead, additional recycling can be put in a cardboard box. You can also request an additional recycling bin, if you have space to store one. Council bins only Having too many household waste bins reduces the incentive to recycle so we will now only collect bins provided by us, or with our prior consent. This will also prevent poor quality bins being used that can become unsafe. Replacing lost bins Residents are being encouraged to ‘love their bin’ by stickering it (or marking their house number in another way) to prevent it from getting lost. A charge of £24.50
is being introduced for the administration and delivery of replacement bins. Assisted collections Sometimes households can forget to inform us if an assisted collection is no longer needed due to a change in circumstances. To ensure the service is there for those that need it, we will be able to cancel assisted collections (after providing notice) if we believe there is no longer a need for the service. Collection points To help manage collections, we may change collection points if they are unsafe or impact on the efficiency of the service.
