Merton Council is calling on local residents and businesses to pull on their gloves, take up their litter picks and get involved in the Big Tidy Up Friday 3 March to Sunday 5 March.
Merton has signed up to Keep Britain Tidy’s UK-wide Big Tidy Up, just one of the ways in which it is working to clear rubbish from the borough’s streets and tackle litter louts who drop tonnes of rubbish in Merton every year at an annual cost of over £5 million to Merton’s taxpayers.
Residents and businesses who want to get involved should call 020 8545 3173 and the council will help put them in touch with community clean-up organisers or help them organise their own.
Local environmental group Sustainable Merton will be organising a clean-up in Morden town centre and will be joined by over 20 young people from the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden who have a long history of helping with keeping Morden clean.
Sustainable Merton will also be organising a clean-up in Figges Marsh with the residents’ group there. The Gorringe Park Pub staff will be taking part too.
The Friends of Ravensbury Park, at their monthly workday, will be inviting members of the community to join them to ensure the park is spick and span for park users to enjoy.