Waste crews worked overnight over the bank holiday weekend to remove an estimated 300 tonnes of rubbish as part of Kensington and Chelsea Council’s Notting Hill Carnival clean-up.
A team of 200 staff and 30 refuse trucks from SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK headed out into the Carnival area from 10pm on Sunday and Monday nights to collect the litter, which is the equivalent weight of around 25 London buses.
Approximately 30% of the waste will be recycled.
The Council also provided more than 1,000 compostable, chemical-free and water-free toilets across the Carnival area.
In addition to ensuring Notting Hill’s streets are returned to normal for residents and businesses just hours after the close of Europe’s largest Carnival, waste crews will spend the coming days cleaning basements and removing graffiti.
