Staggering cost of litter to West Sussex
THE cost of clearing litter from roads, footpaths, hedgerows and open spaces throughout West Sussex is enormous and Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert has called for action.
He has joined forces with bestselling author Bill Bryson in a bid to tackle the problem and to persuade people to help clean up the county.
Mr Herbert revealed this week that in West Sussex, Horsham District Council spends around 400,000 each year clearing up litter from roads, footpaths and public open spaces. A further 30,000 is spent removing illegally dumped rubbish such as old appliances and bags of garden waste from the countryside and lay bys.
In Arun, the bill for keeping the streets and beaches clean is around 1.3 million a year. Mid Sussex spends over 750,000 a year on street cleaning and around 25,000 a year to deal with fly-tipping.