A campaign to clean up the streets of Penryn town centre already appears to be having some success as mess was down by around two-thirds this week.

According to Penryn Town Council, only eight households in the main street, there were only eight households whose rubbish caused a problem ahead of Tuesday morning's refuse collection, compared to between 30 and 40 last week.

This meant that the men from Cory saved 40 minutes during their collections as they did not have to pick up so much waste that had been pulled from the sacks, and the council said it left the area "looking much cleaner and tidier for residents."

The town centre's waste problem was highlighted last week by the Packet, which reported on how Penryn resident Carina Denning was campaigning against households who leave their rubbish out in unprotected black bin bags, without a seagull proof sack or a blanket to cover them.

For the last month Carina has been taking a note of houses which had problems with their rubbish, and passing the information on to the council.

When asked about the change just one week had made, Carina said: "I appreciate those who are now helping to keep our little town clean and respectable. Thank you very much, it makes what I'm trying to achieve all worth it."

Penryn Town Council said: "Big thanks obviously goes to Carina for her efforts which prompted Cory to send out letters to all those premises where rubbish appeared to have been left out uncovered or too early, but also to the Cory team who have had to deal with the aftermath of rubbish put out incorrectly on a regular basis."

The council also noted that sales of seagull proof sacks had gone up at its office opposite the Town Hall, and added: "So keep it up Penryn."