TLC - Elizabeth Gadson is a volunteer Wirral Council is saying thank you and paying tribute to the many volunteers – working alone or as part of organised groups – who help keep the borough clean and tidy on a regular basis. The council, has overall responsibility for public waste bins and street cleansing and these services are carried out on their behalf by a combination of in-house staff and contractors. But the local authority says that keeping on top of the volume of waste and litter that is left behind, particularly in areas that attract lots of visitors, is an increasingly difficult task for a service with limited resources.