B&NES cleaning teams have, as reported on Nub News, begun their clean up along verges and hedges along the major roads in the district.

The council posted this photo showing the cleaning team who cleared 49 bags of rubbish from verges along the A368 Chelwood to Marksbury road.

One concern of the local groups who clear up around Radstock and Midsomer Norton, that the number of bags allocated to the clean up is not sufficient.

According to Radstock in Bloom, their organisation, together with Writhlington Action Group, Tyning Together and Clandown Community filled approximately 63 bags with rubbish last year.

That does not include solo and paired litterheros in Radstock and Midsomer Norton or those collected by Radstock Town Council.

And it was a clear up that was mainly done during lockdowns, when it might be expected less littering from vehicles on the roads.

The current B&NES clean up schedule is as follows:

B3116 Junction A39 to Keynsham - March 1 and 2

Woollard Lane and Charlton Road to Keynsham - March 3 and 4

A367 - March 8 and 9

B3130 Chew Magna to A37 Pensford - March 10 and 11

B3114 Chew Magna to border by Sherborne Farm - March 11 to 15

B3355 Hallatrow to A362 - March 16

A362 Farrington to Old Mill Ind Estate - March 17

Queen Charlton Lane - March 18 and 19

Stockwood Lane - March 22

Brassknocker Hill - March 24

B3110 Hinton Charterhouse Road - March 25

Claverton Down Road from Brassknocker to Uni - March 26

Lansdown Road to S.Glos border to Fonthill Road - March 29

Lansdown Lane from Lansdown Rd to Beresford Gardens - March 30

A431 Kelston Road - March 31

A36 Lower Bristol Road Cares Centre to 3 Lamps Junction - April 1

A4 Globe to Car Sales Saltford - April 2

A36 Warminster Road - April 6 and 7