Latest on fixed penalty notices for dog fouling, changes to bin collections, bin crew's near miss and more

There's no excuse!

There is no excuse for not picking up after your dog as one Moorclose lady found out last week, when out on the football pitches there.

Her excuse was that she was talking and wasn't keeping an eye on her dog. This is no excuse! Luckily our enforcement officer was on patrol and caught her in the act.

Two men were also caught on Friday - one again wasn't looking what his dog was doing, the other didn't have any bags with him. Neither is an acceptable excuse. 

People do need to pay attention to what their dog is doing, because if they don’t, we will! We are patrolling seven days a week with targeted patrols and will take action with a zero tolerance policy. Dog fouling fines are £50 if paid within 10 days, rising to £80 if not.

The team also issued a fixed penalty notice of £300 to a Workington-based company that failed to produce a Duty of Care waste transfer note, following an investigation by our enforcement officers into waste dumped at Oldside in the town.

To report dog fouling, litter or any other other environmental issue, register for our myAllerdale service and download the app onto your phone.

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Please be patient with our waste crews

We're asking everyone to be patient and careful when our waste crews are working and our collection lorries are picking up waste and recycling around the borough. As a video (still image on the right) captured in Moorclose, Workington, shows, mounting the pavement to rush past the vehicle puts our collection crews and members of the public at significant risk and it was fortunate that this reckless behaviour didn’t lead to a serious accident on this occasion. Anyone with any information regarding the incident is asked to contact Cumbria Police on 101, email 101@cumbria.police.uk, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. You can see a video of the incident on our Facebook or Twitter accounts. Watch video

Bank holiday bin collections

Litter clean up and BBC Look North East and Cumbria

You may have seen BBC Look North East and Cumbria last week had a piece on the fantastic 6-year old Sienna Wilson from Harrington who has led a litter pick in the area.

Just a note in advance, we also have the Great British September Clean (GBSC) coming up from 11 September, so keep an eye out for any activities in your area.

Info on GBSC

We can help you with a clear-out

Many of us have been having a clear-out during the lockdown. Don't forget that we offer a bulky waste collection service. It costs just £27.71 for up to six items - such as a bed, vacuum cleaner, table etc. 

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Printable waste collection calendars

Have you downloaded your 12 month bin calendar yet? Just go to our website, pop in your postcode, select your address and you'll be able to download and print your calendar up to April next year. Download now