Keep Britain Tidy has put its weight behind the Liverpool ECHO’s campaign to clear grime from the city’s streets. The newspaper launched its “Be a Binner not a Sinner” this week encouraging people to tidy up Liverpool. The move comes as the city enjoys its status as European Capital of Culture.

Friday, May 09, 2008

Young people in Manchester are laying waste to the idea that teenagers don’t care about the local environment. With the help of Keep Britain Tidy, they staged a clean up in Ashton-under-Lyne and collected 25 bags of rubbish. Keen teens The keen teens are from Rathbone UK, a national charity which gives young people from disadvantaged backgrounds opportunities to succeed. They did a top job tidying an area around St Michaels Church in the town. Keep Britain Tidy donated t-shirts for the clean up. Litter louts They now want young people from across the nation to follow their lead and trash teenagers’ reputation as being Britain’s biggest litter louts. News of the event in Ashton has spread to the charity’s 70 centres across the country and now they are planning to follow suit.

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Keep Britain Tidy has added its weight to a new anti-litter campaign launched today. The president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), author Bill Bryson, has unveiled “Stop the Drop” - a three-year initiative against litter and flytipping. “Stop The Drop” urges people to lobby local authorities and get involved with community LitterAction events.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Keep Britain Tidy’s war on cigarette litter The world’s biggest cigarette butt has been “dumped” in Trafalgar Square to highlight what’s become the country’s biggest litter problem. With cigarette related litter on 78% of the country’s streets, Keep Britain Tidy is launching its most aggressive advertising campaign against people who drop their butts on our streets. The giant butt is 30ft high, 1.5metres wide and symbolises the problem that is plaguing the nation. A sea of cigarette ends According to Keep Britain Tidy, since the ban on smoking in public places came in last July, we are literally swimming in a sea of cig butts. And as the number of cig ends continues to soar, Keep Britain Tidy’s chief executive, Phil Barton has gone on the offensive:

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

London is bidding to become the cleanest city on earth in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic Games. This week two British stars from Olympic past and future are urging Londoners to join them in the Capital Clean-up campaign. Exciting Beijing medal hope Jessica Ennis and Olympic gold winner Sally Gunnell will wear vests bearing the slogan “London Needs You!” They are urging residents to get the city in tip-top condition for 2012 and beyond. Clean-up events will take place the length and breadth of the city over the next 100 days. Residents and organisations are asked to sign up – to help rid streets of rubbish, litter and graffiti. The initiative is backed by London local authorities and organisations including the Keep Britain Tidy campaign. Jessica and Sally launched the campaign, joining Thames 21 volunteers cleaning up the foreshore on the banks of the Thames.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

The most prestigious event in ENCAMS’ calendar, the Cleaner Safer Greener conference, has been hailed a huge success. The annual event was this year held at the Midland Hotel, Manchester on March 3rd and 4th. Hosted by broadcaster Moira Stuart, the conference showcases the country’s greenest organisations and individuals. Over 300 delegates attended including community members, local authority officers and housing providers. The conference also provided the opportunity for discussion and debate on the latest local environmental issues and best practice methods for tackling them. The highlight was the glittering awards ceremony, which recognises some of very best work undertaken by councils and organisations to improve local environmental quality and reduce anti-social behaviour.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

The battle against litter must pick-up as the results for the Local Environmental Quality Survey of England (LEQSE) 06/07 show that England “could do better”. Carried out by ENCAMS on behalf of Defra, the LEQSE is the biggest survey of its kind; looking at 19000 sites in a representative sample of local authorities across all nine regions of England to find out what is plaguing the country the most, filth-wise.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Next month will showcase ENCAMS most glamorous event of the year. The Cleaner Safer Greener Conference – Every Community Matters - aims to inspire, empower and help assist delivery of services to improve local environmental quality. Broadcaster and former BBC News Presenter, Moira Stewart will facilitate the event in Manchester on 3rd & 4th March which is topped to be the best yet.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Roses are red, violets are blue, litter is ugly and so is dog poo! While it may not be traditionally romantic, showing a little love and consideration for your environment this Valentine’s Day could help make everybody happy. So, in the spirit of amour, ENCAMS has lovingly come up with a few sweet tips on how you can care for the environment and each other. Fly-tipping Okay, so he didn’t even get you a card – but that’s no excuse to chuck his stuff, including his precious PS2, into the nearest ditch. He didn’t spend any money on you so he’s definitely not worth a £50,000 fine or five months in prison.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

The amount of chewing gum dropped on our streets has been cut by an average of 58%. 16 councils from across England found themselves unstuck when it came to the problem of dropped gum thanks to their involvement in a national campaign last year. The education drive encouraged gum chewers to dispose of their gum responsibly and highlighted the threat of an £80 on the spot fine if they didn’t. It was launched by the Chewing Gum Action Group – a mix of representatives from the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Keep Britain Tidy, the Local Government Association, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management and the chewing gum industry. Blackpool and Oxford councils saw the biggest improvement reporting 85% and 86% less gum litter, respectively. Ginette Unsworth, Keep Britain Tidy’s Senior Marketing and Communications Manager said: “We’re really pleased with the results of the campaign. It’s a real testament to how a small change in behaviour can make a big difference to the cleanliness of our streets. The greatest challenge of all is maintaining this improved standard.”

Wednesday, January 16, 2008