Community litter picking

If you want to organise a group litter pick, please ensure you follow the guidelines below.

Guidelines for safe litter picking

We want you to be safe, secure and legal whilst litter picking.

• You should only litter pick in public areas, otherwise you could be trespassing.
• You cannot litter pick on A-Roads and the surrounding verges, due to the hazards posed by fast traffic.
• Anyone litter picking does so at their own risk but should still avoid items such as sharps, broken glass, large heavy items, asbestos and any other potentially hazardous item.
• You can dispose of litter safely, at your nearest community recycling centre.
• Remember that placing things next to or on top of full litter bins counts as fly-tipping. To report an overflowing litter bin please visit our Report an overflowing bin page.
• If you believe larger amounts of rubbish has been fly tipped, please Report fly-tipping online.