The UK’s Growing Litter Army: The Wickford Wombles
- 21 Aug 2019
The Wickford Wombles is a hugely successful and award-winning litter group, and its founders say that the secret to its success is community spirit.
The UK's Litter Army
The Big Taunton Litter Pick Returns This September
- 1 Aug 2019
Taunton is set to get a spruce up in September when The Big Taunton Litter Pick returns for its second year...
The UK’s Growing Litter Army: Litter Free Felixstowe
- 24 Jul 2019
A community litter picking group in Felixstowe is hoping to change the behaviours of residents and visitors to the area and encourage them to look after the environment.
The UK’s Growing Litter Army: Paws on Plastic Goes Global!
- 16 Jul 2019
You might remember we talked about an anti-litter campaign in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, on the blog a little while ago. Well just 9 months after it was founded by dog walker Marion Montgomery, it has gained quite a following across the globe!
The UK’s Growing Litter Army: LOVE Norfolk, HATE litter
- 2 Jul 2019
An anti-litter campaigner in Norfolk has started the initiative LOVE Norfolk, HATE Litter in a bid to encourage each resident in Norfolk to collect just one bag of litter to clean up the county.
The UK’s Growing Litter Army: Croydon Council’s Street Champions
- 28 Jun 2019
A community litter picking campaign in Croydon has been recognised with a national award. The campaign ‘Don’t Mess With Croydon - Take Pride’ has seen 381 ‘street champions’ organise 21 litter picking events and with the help of 215 volunteers, they managed to collect 300 bags of litter in just one month earlier on this year.
The UK’s Growing Litter Army: The Ross Community Clean-up Crew
- 21 Jun 2019
From a group of three friends, The Ross Community Litter Clean-up Crew (RCLCUC) has blossomed into a fully-fledged clean-up operation that has collected a ton of litter from the streets and pathways of Ross-on-Wye.
The UK’s Growing Litter Army: Plogolution
- 14 Jun 2019
A group of runners who have made it their mission to beat plastic pollution have spent six days running along the River Thames picking up litter. The group managed to collect more than 2500 pieces of litter and ran 189 miles in total.
The UK’s Litter Army: Congregations From the Church of England
- 27 May 2019
Church-goers have held ‘litter pilgrimages’ this Spring, picking up litter to make a difference in their communities.
The UK’s Growing Litter Army: East Haven Together, Angus
- 5 May 2019
East Haven Together is a community charity that aims to protect the natural environment and wildlife, and promote the needs and interests of the local community. To further its aims, it’s organising the biggest ever beach clean in Angus to tackle the problem of litter along the coastline.