Warrington Borough Council’s environmental crime officers are working with Torus in the Grasmere Avenue and Greenwood Crescent areas of Orford.
The teams are focusing on clearing historic waste and are investigating the illegal dumping of rubbish.
The environmental crime team are reminding residents to use the correct bins for waste, to take bulky items to one of the town’s recycling centre or to arrange for a bulky waste collection, and to use a licensed scrap metal collector.
It comes as the council’s environmental crime team has recently been shortlisted as a finalist in the Best Council Services Team category of the MJ Achievement Awards.
The team could be taking home an accolade for its waste improvement work across the central six wards. Since launching its waste improvement project, the environmental crime team says that across the borough, it has achieved a:
55% reduction in fly‑tipping complaints
33% reduction in Contact Centre demand
69% fewer referrals to Street Services for waste removal
100% increase in evidence recovery rates
While its results across the Central 6 wards have been:
62% fewer fly‑tipping complaints
73% drop in proactively identified waste incidents needing removal
91% fewer referrals to Street Services
49% reduction in duplicate complaints