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Windsor is cleanest town in Britain!
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Stars sparkle for borough in Clean Britain Awards
Windsor and Eton together have been voted the top town in the UK in the 2008/09 national Clean Britain Awards, presented in Birmingham today (Tuesday). The Royal Borough collected the five star gold award in the cleanest town category for Windsor and Eton and received a four star silver award in recognition of the efforts to maintain good standards in Bray. The accolades reflect the Royal Borough’s concentrated efforts to keep local streets clean and tidy through determined campaigns such as zero tolerance on littering, decluttering of unnecessary signage, free Stubbi pouches for cigarette butts, abandoned shopping trolley retrieval and fast action against graffiti. Cllr Colin Rayner, lead member for highways and streetcare, said he was thrilled by the borough’s success. He said: “Clean Britain Awards judging is based on first impressions from a visitor’s perspective and, with around seven million visitors a year to the borough, the council is continually striving to keep the streets looking their best. We still have a lot of work to do, but the diligence of the council team and our contractors have ensured that high standards are maintained. We are also pleased that our litter wardens have been so readily accepted by the Royal Borough. “These awards are recognition not only of the council’s achievements but also of the growing awareness throughout our community that we all, as individuals, have a part to play in ensuring that the environment we live in is as clean and tidy as we can make it.” Clean Britain judges paid anonymous half-day visits to Windsor and Eton and Bray late last year on the look-out for how the area measured up to criteria such as litter, rubbish and fly tipping, waste bin management, cigarette butts, chewing gum, dog fouling, cleanliness of signage and street furniture, graffiti and overgrown and obstructing hedgerows on busy pedestrian routes. Windsor and Eton (treated as one by the judges) and Bray were among more than 60 entries for the awards, which are run every two years by the British Cleaning Council. |
