The Great British Spring Clean
15 to 31 March 2024
Every year Horsham District Council backs Keep Britain Tidy's annual litter campaign - the Great British Spring Clean (GBSC) - calling on #LitterHeroes across the District to help improve the environment on their doorstep. And this year Keep Britain Tidy celebrates its landmark 70th year!
Hundreds of thousands of volunteers from across the UK join together during this campaign giving their time, enthusiasm and excitement to show some love for those special places that continue to help us through this pandemic and beyond. Last year, the GBSC army of amazing #LitterHeroes pledged to pick more than 400,000 bags of litter!
The Great British Spring Clean campaign will take place this year from 15 - 31 March.
Pledging to take part couldn’t be easier, simply pledge as an individual, a group or a school and let us know how many bags you pledge to pick up.
Support The Great British Spring Clean
Adopt A Street
One of the key ways that we support this campaign is through our Adopt a Street initiative.
Adopt a Street is now supporting by hundreds of volunteers across the District who have signed up to support their local community through litter picking initiatives. We offer help through the loan of equipment to help you in your work - whether it is bin bags or pick up sticks.
We will also collect any litter that you have picked up. Please contain the litter within sacks, bring it back to your address and let us know the location by calling 01403 733144 at Adopt a Street and we will collect it from you.
We have no doubt that the amazing volunteers across the District will once again this year rise to the challenge in supporting their local environment. Thank you!
NOTE: There is often high demand for our litter picking equipment during the Great British Spring Clean so we cannot guarantee that we will be able to meet your needs at this busy time. However if you would like to sign up to Adopt A Street as a local litter-pick volunteer or community group going forwards we would love to hear from you.
Litter facts
- Litter remains a huge problem across the country, causing harm to the environment and wildlife.
- The appearance of litter on roadsides is a blight on our landscape and its clearance is costly to the tax payer.
- Litter can harm wildlife, and habitats and make its way to our seas via our waterways and drains.
- Keep Britain Tidy revealed that street cleaning costs taxpayers more than £1 billion every year.
- Every year Horsham District Council’s Waste and Recycling team sweep up litter from over 1,600 miles of streets
- The RSPCA announced that they receive an average of 14 calls a day about wildlife harmed by litter, with the organisation suggesting the actual number of animals affected by rubbish is likely much higher.
- We now support hundreds of local Adopt a Street volunteers across the District, all helping to keep their communities clean and tidy.