What’s an NSO and what do they do? Neighbourhood Safety Team – Croydon South area info

What does a Neighbourhood Safety Officer do?

The team covering Croydon South have produced the following info…

How to recycle your real Christmas tree in Croydon

There is really no excuse to not dispose of your real Christmas tree responsibly.

Croydon Council is again offering a Christmas tree collection service for real Christmas trees or you can take it to one of the Council’s reuse and recycle centres.

Have you signed up for Croydon’s Garden Waste collection service?

Sign up by 31 May 2019 to be in the running to win a year’s free garden waste subscription…

How to report missed bin collections, fly-tipping and street cleansing issues in Croydon

Steve Iles, Director of Public Realm, Croydon Council, provided the following information for residents as a result of questions raised at the February meeting:

For reporting missed collections, the preferred route is via the MyAccount system.  It’s directly integrated with the contractor’s system, so automatic.

All residential properties (including flats, so communal collections) are listed and residents need to register themselves and add their address. This will pull down the waste collection details and the ability to report missed collections and/or book things like garden waste or bulky waste collections.

Please note:

• Missed collections cannot be reported until after 6pm on the scheduled collection day
• Reports are only permitted up to 2 working days from the scheduled collection day. The icon to report automatically removes after this time.

Information is provided on MyAccount about whether roads have been collected from and if a property is locked out due to bins being not presented, contaminated etc. If either of these is shown, the council will not return until the next scheduled collection day. Full details about the service are on the Council’s website at https://www.croydon.gov.uk/environment/rrandw/collection/resident/bin-collection

This is the latest leaflet regarding ways to report environmental issues.  It is slightly out of date as the Council has upgraded the App. Follow this link to see further information including a link to download the most current App.

Caitlin and Lucy Ann are litter picking in New Addington on Mondays and they would love your support and help!

Caitin and Lucy are on a mission to clean up New Addington and they would love YOU to join them!

Caitlin and Lucy Ann have been out over the last few weeks to clear litter in New Addington.  They are Year 11 students at Meridian High School. They both grew up and live in New Addington.

Caitlin says,

Caitlin and Lucy will be litter picking in New Addington again on Mon 15 Oct, 2018

Caitin and Lucy are on a mission to clean up New Addington and they would love YOU to join them!

Caitlin and Lucy have been out over the last few weeks to clear litter in New Addington.  They are Year 11 students at Meridian High School. They both grew up and live in New Addington.

Caitlin says,

“As I’ve grown up I have noticed a change in the community atmosphere, as a result of this, I asked Lucy if she felt the same.  As we had a mutual agreement, we decided to make an impact. We hope that the wider community will join us and get involved.”

Caitlin and Lucy are planning to litter-pick again in New Addington on Monday, 15 October.  They’d love you to say hello if you see them or to join in.

Where should they focus their efforts?
We plan to advertise and promote future events, but Caitlin and Lucy are keen to hear from people about areas in New Addington that they would like targetted for litter picks.  Please email us or add a comment to this post and we’ll pass the request on. 

If you would like to help, please keep an eye out.

We will pass on details of future events and hope to post updates.

Join Caitlin and Lucy to litter pick in New Addington – 1 Oct 2018

Caitin and Lucy are on a mission to clean up New Addington and they would love YOU to join them!

Caitlin and Lucy have been out over the weekend to clear litter in New Addington.  They are Year 11 students at Meridian High School. They both grew up and live in New Addington.

Caitlin says,

“As I’ve grown up I have noticed a change in the community atmosphere, as a result of this, I asked Lucy if she felt the same.  As we had a mutual agreement, we decided to make an impact. We hope that the wider community will join us and get involved.”

Caitlin and Lucy are planning to litter-pick again in New Addington on Monday 1, October.  They’d love you to say hello if you see them or to join in.

They will be linking with New Addington Pathfinders to advertise future events as well as Tracey Bellamy from the Council, who anyone can contact to get council support for litter picks.

If you would like to help, please keep an eye out. We will pass on details of future events and hope to post updates.