Amey workers are turning trash into cash to support a charity in Liverpool.

The employees have been raising funds from items which have been flytipped across the city.

Frank Bellis, Amey's Street Cleansing Assistant Manager, came up with the idea of separating any scrap metal found during the team's daily rounds collecting waste generated by fly-tipping on the streets of Liverpool.

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By separating scrap metal found during daily waste collection rounds and weighing it in, the scheme has collected over 10 tons of scrap in the first six months, which not only contributes towards the city's recycling rate but has also raised almost £1000 for Zoe's Place Baby Hospice.

He said: "I came up with the idea after seeing how much scrap we were collecting which was just going to waste. Turing the scrap we collect in to cash for those less fortunate was a more practical and beneficial way of deposing of some of the waste which is generated by fly-tipping. We weigh the scrap we collect in weekly with local scrap merchants, who write the cheque directly out to our nominated charity – Zoe's Place Baby Hospice."

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