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| CPRE |
Under the leadership of Bill Bryson, the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England is probably the leading organisation campaigning against litter and fly-tipping. Their "Stop the drop" campaign is the highest profile activity on this front for many years. |
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| Keep Scotland Beautiful |
Very useful, well put together site for those North of the border - a place that is well worth keeping beautiful |
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| Keep Wales Tidy |
Good site and there's even an English translation |
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| ENCAMS |
Sounds like a treatment for heamorrhoids, but is fact the new name for the people that run the "Keep Britain Tidy" campaign (don't like that name either, Britain's not tidy and it sounds like something your Mum would say about your bedroom). The site is useful for its guides to the legislation and the results of research/surveys into littering. Unfortunately, their guide to litter picking is guaranteed to put you off...first get your liability insurance, then do your risk assessment, then get your antiseptic wipes, then arrrange your first aiders... |
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| DEFRA |
Defra's rather uninspiring litter page. |
Other litter picking sites |
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| Litteraction |
A joint effort by the CPRE and CleanupUK, Litteraction supports and promotes local litter picking groups. There's an interactive map to find you nearest litter picking group, the facility for local groups to set up web pages and a forum for exchanging ideas. |
| The Litter Project |
The Litter Project is the brainchild of Elizabeth Mullen. She's american, but it is a great idea all the same - inspire 100,000 people to pick up one piece of litter every day (that'll be 36.5 million pieces every year). |
| People Against Litter |
Similar to the Litter Project, Francesca Saunders' PAL sites aims to persuade people to pick up one piece of litter a week and get one other person do the same.
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| Rob the Rubbish |
Rob Kevan clears litter from his home town of Llanwrtyd Wells and has done some high profile litter picks on Snowdon, Ben Nevis and the walk in to Everest in Nepal. He's a great guy and the nearest thing to an A list litter picking celebrity.
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| People Clearing Litter |
Steve McCormack's excellent site champions volunteer litter pickers and gives them a forum to record their efforts.
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| Citizens Against Litter |
I like this site from a volunteer litter picking group in Pittsburgh USA - it's a good model.
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