Littering and fly-tipping costs the council £4 million a year - which is why plans to tackle this problem have been given the green light. Cabinet members in Wigan approved the litter strategy at a council meeting this week.
A zero-tolerance approach to environmental crime through enforcement action has been promised by council bosses who pushed through the plan at a cabinet meeting on November 24. This ‘huge societal problem’ was flagged in a survey taken by residents, businesses and communities who demanded a litter-free borough.
In the past year, the council’s environment team have issued 54 penalty notices, 33 community protection notices and got five successful prosecutions in court, all in relation to littering and fly-tipping, the Confident Places Scrutiny Committee was told last month.
