Cheshire East Labour starts initiative to clean up Crewe

Labour Councillors on Cheshire East Council have been instrumental in helping develop a pilot scheme to help make the streets and alleyways of Crewe cleaner and tidier.

The initiative, which is being jointly managed by the borough council and town council, was launched on 19 April and covers 26 streets in central Crewe, which have been particularly affected by poor domestic waste management practices and antisocial activities such as fly-tipping and the contamination of bins. The initiative is set to run throughout the summer.

The dual aim of the project is to not only tackle those individuals who commit environmental crime but also reassure residents, who are suffering as a result, that such offences will not be tolerated. If successful, it is expected that the pilot initiative will be expanded across Cheshire East.  

Leaflets have been distributed to properties in the pilot area urging residents to:

• Put appropriate bins out at the appropriate time (alternating black and recycling bins) and return them to properties promptly.
• Identify bins with house numbers. 
• Place bins in the appropriate designated areas.
• Close bin lids.
• Not put waste to the side of or on top of bins; and 
• Not store or ‘dump’ waste in alleyways.

The pilot scheme came into effect on 19 April and involves the following streets: Chambers Street, South Street, Lawton Street, Maxwell Street, Myrtle Street, Derrington Avenue, Electricity Street, Stalbridge Road, Brooklyn Street, Westminster Street, Walthall Street, Hammond Street, Ruskin Road, Edleston Road, Gainsborough Road (part), Nelson Street, Nile Street, Alton Street (part), Catherine Street (part), Lord Street, Furnival Street, Brook Street, Hope Street, Camm Street, Union Street, Chapel Street and South Street (part).