Adopt Your Street
KEEP BURY CLEAN URGES BOROUGH BUSINESSES TO ‘GET PICKY!’ AS AVOIRA SIGNS UP TO STREET SCHEME
Keep Bury Clean is urging Bury businesses to ‘get picky’ and ensure the streets around their premises are litter free.
The volunteer group is appealing for companies to sign up to its Business Adopt Your Street (BAYS) campaign and commit to regularly picking litter in their locality. The call comes as technology solution specialist Avoira has become the latest Bury firm to join the scheme. Led by warehouse manager and committed picker, Glyn Hutchinson, a team from the company has vowed to keep the area around its Salford Street headquarters spick and span.
“It’s a matter of pride, of taking care not just of where you live, but where you work,” says Glyn. “I’m delighted that my colleagues at Avoira are going to join me in keeping Salford Street clean.
“No-one wants to trudge through crisp packets and pop cans on their way to work or when walking to and from home past our offices. A little effort once a week makes the local environment look so much better.”
Jane Edyvean, Chair of Keep Bury Clean commented. “We’re grateful to Glyn and Avoira for signing up to BAYS and doing their bit to clean up their corner of Freetown. We’d love to see more businesses following their lead and joining the scheme. It costs nothing more than a bit of time and is really appreciated by the local community.” Avoira has joined Beechfield Brands, Cranswick Continental Foods, Newtons of Bury and Repic among local firms that have joined BAYS. Together they have adopted nine streets across the borough.
Their efforts complement those of nearly 270 local people who have signed up to the equivalent resident scheme, RAYS. Every week around 150 volunteers also either clean their own streets or join group picks, using equipment supplied by Bury Council.
Last year residents and volunteers picked well over 5,000 bags of litter from Bury’s streets, parks and green spaces.
Businesses or local residents interested in joining the BAYS or RAYS schemes can contact Keep Bury Clean by emailing [email protected] or visiting the group’s organised Facebook page.
