Community skip day helps fight against fly-tipping
BBCSkips funded by community groups, charities and businesses have been helping people in Grimsby keep their neighbourhoods clean.
The aim of the scheme is for the eight skips in the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park area of the town to help those who either cannot hire their own or struggle to access local tips.
Frank Sparkes, known as the North Wall Cleaner, helped fund one of the skips.
"I love the community. It's just nice. It's so rewarding. And I like to see things clean and green," he said.
Sparkes said the skip he helped to fund, along with the Nunsthorpe Tavern and the Centre4 community hub, was filled in just two hours.
He said local people often could not afford to get rid of their rubbish. Many of them did not have cars, and the council's tips were not within walking distance.
"I don't know how much it is now for the council to take it," he said.
"So when a project comes up like this, they'll get rid of it."
Brian Wheeler said hiring a skip for his garden rubbish would have cost him about £125.
After getting rid of the waste in one of the community skips, he said: "It meant everything... and I'd gladly donate some money to someone."
Lewis Parker, landlord of the Nunsthorpe Tavern, has lived on the estate for 17 years.
He said he wanted to help fund the project to give something back to the community.
He added that the estate suffered from fly-tipping, "the same as most areas", and said he hoped the initiative would have a positive effect in the long run.
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