VOLUNTEERS and council staff collected almost 1,000 bags of litter during the 2019 Torfaen Spring Clean.
The six-week campaign, held in partnership with Keep Wales Tidy (KWT), saw volunteers take to the streets to clear up their community.
More than 300 volunteers joined the council’s Streetscene team as part of the campaign.
The clean got off to a great start as more than 600 bags of rubbish were collected by the council from verges along the A4042 and the A472 in early March.
And from the 24 volunteer events across Blaenavon, Cwmbran and Pontypool, a further 342 bags were collected.
Cllr Fiona Cross, executive member for the environment, said: “It really has been a team effort this year with more people getting involved than ever before. It really does show that the people really do care about Torfaen, and want to make it a clean and green place.
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“Our resident litter champion Ron Ford and the Torfaen Litter Champions gave fantastic support throughout the spring clean – the Torfaen Litter Champions are out on a daily basis and I’d like to pay tribute to them and also everyone else who’s played their part.”
Thom Board, KWT environmental project officer for Torfaen, said: “Every year the Torfaen Spring Clean, run in partnership with Keep Wales Tidy and the Spring Clean Cymru national campaign, sees hundreds of caring, pro-active people getting stuck into improving their local environments and it’s always a joy to be part of such a unified movement to take back ownership of our own neighbourhoods and communities and make them cleaner, greener spaces for all.
“Our thanks goes out to every single person who got involved.”
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