• 4 skips full of metals

• 4 skips full of wood

• Approximately 80 fridges/freezers & other white goods

• Numerous tyres

• Large volumes of garden waste

• ... and a staggering amount of general refuse including many discarded mattresses, sofas, toys and play equipment

Volunteers enthusiastically tackled litter from communal areas collecting over 15 sacks of refuse and 4 sacks of recycling.

Dorset Reclaim, whose principal aim is to provide furniture and household items to those in need within the local community, successfully collected a number of items donated by local residents.

Refreshments were provided at the Youth Centre, with doughnuts and other delights supplied by Tesco Express in Herbert Avenue.

The recent very wet & windy weather held off and we even saw an hour or two of sunshine!

• Particular thanks must go to Jim Watson, Les Sadler, Ray Biginton , Dona Rideout , and Ray Chiles from ECPS who worked well into the evening to ensure that all the waste was safely transported away.

Further planned works include a thorough cleanse of the area in March/April utilising the Council's Environmental Response Unit with a further opportunity for residents to volunteer for litter picking duties, following the completion of the road improvement works currently ongoing.