Week-long event to boost recycling in Croydon
Young recyclers received top tips on how to recycle more at three school visits marking Recycle Week, a campaign educating people about how to reduce their impact on the environment.
September 2019
Street champions lead by example on World Clean-Up Day
Street Champions working with Croydon Council’s Don’t Mess With Croydon – Take Pride campaign hosted a series of community events across the borough to mark World Clean-Up Day.
August 2019
Don’t Mess With Croydon – Take Pride marks fifth year of success
The successful Don’t Mess With Croydon – Take Pride campaign, cracking down on fly-tipping and littering in the borough, has now reached 225 successful prosecutions since it launched in 2014.
June 2019
Croydon wins national award for Don’t Mess With Croydon – Take Pride’s success
Dedicated community champions have helped Croydon win a national award for Don’t Mess With Croydon - Take Pride’s work to keep the borough tidy.
April 2019
Hundreds of bags of litter cleared by Don’t Mess With Croydon – Take Pride volunteers
Don’t Mess With Croydon – Take Pride has gone from strength to strength with hundreds of people volunteering to help clean up their communities.
Wandle Park cleared as Don’t Mess With Croydon – Take Pride partners with Great British Spring Clean
Croydon Council staff gave up an hour of their time on Thursday 11 April, volunteering to clear up the area around Wandle Park.
February 2019
Thousands of young recyclers learnt top tips to help the planet over the past year
More than 13,000 children and young people in Croydon have learned about how to recycle and other environmentally friendly ways of disposing of waste over the past year through a Croydon Council initiative.
December 2018
Multi-agency day of action sees vehicle seized
Croydon Council, the police and other enforcement agencies joined forces for a day of intensive action in a borough-wide crackdown on environmental crime as part of the Don’t Mess With Croydon campaign.
Council staff, supported by other partners, […]
Multi-agency day of action sees vehicle seized
Croydon Council, the police and other enforcement agencies joined forces for a day of intensive action in a borough-wide crackdown on environmental crime as part of the Don’t Mess With Croydon campaign.
Council staff, supported by other partners, […]
June 2018
Eye-catching stencils designed to stop fly-tipping
A campaign to help tackle fly-tipping is turning heads in Thornton Heath in an effort to keep streets clear.
Artistic stencils have been applied to the pavement around signposts and lampposts in the area to deter would-be fly-tippers.
The […]