By Vicky Nash Audience and Content Editor
Dorset Council is launching its annual spring verge clean up to pick up litter dumped on roadsides Picture: Dorset Council A CAMPAIGN against litter dumped on the roadside in Dorset has been launched - with the council s annual spring clean up of verges alongside miles of some of the county’s busiest roads. With vegetation being cut back, the removal of bushes, shrubs and long grass reveals the full extent of littering by drivers - with verges quickly becoming scruffy eyesores, according to council bosses. Councillor Jill Haynes, Portfolio Holder for Customer and Community Services, said: “The volume of accumulated litter revealed by cutting back verges is always depressing, and it is incredibly frustrating that, despite our efforts, some roads become covered in litter again just weeks later, often leading to the assumption that litter picking has