Let’s Love Newham: Working Together for a Cleaner Borough
Newham Council has launched the Let’s Love Newham campaign, a community-wide effort to create cleaner, safer, and more welcoming neighbourhoods. The campaign calls on residents and visitors alike to take pride in the borough by tackling fly-tipping, reducing food waste, boosting recycling, and keeping streets tidy.
Key Services and Initiatives
Bin Collections & Recycling: Residents can report missed collections, book free bulky waste pick-ups, and access guidance on what goes in each bin.
Reuse & Recycling Centres: Jenkins Lane and local recycling banks accept a wide range of items, helping reduce landfill.
TRAID Partnership: A free home collection service for clean, wearable clothes and textiles, supporting sustainable fashion and funding global textile industry projects.
Green & Hazardous Waste: Clear guidance is provided for safe disposal of garden, electrical, chemical, and clinical waste.
Community Action: Residents are encouraged to join local litter picks and use the Love Newham app to report fly-tipping, graffiti, and street cleaning issues.
Campaign Highlights
Be Bin Day Ready: A successful initiative that reduced unpresented bins from 30,000 in August 2024 to just 5,774 by February 2025.
Love Newham App: A free tool to instantly report littering, graffiti, and fly-tipping, empowering residents to act quickly.
Community Pride: The campaign emphasises shared responsibility, aiming to transform public spaces into areas residents can be proud of.
Why It Matters
Newham has faced challenges with littering, being ranked among the worst areas in England for rubbish dumping. The Let’s Love Newham campaign is a proactive response, combining enforcement (such as fines for offenders) with positive community engagement. By working together, residents and the council can make Newham cleaner, greener, and more welcoming for all.
For more information, head to www.newham.gov.uk/rubbish-recycling-waste