General litter solutions

Litter is directly linked to some of the biggest environmental challenges of our time, affecting every part of the country, from city centres to remote locations. Beyond simply blighting our streets, parks and beaches, litter represents a serious social, economic, and environmental issue that causes significant harm to both communities and wildlife. 

Tackling this widespread problem starts with numerous small, impactful steps, and we offer evidence-led solutions, including innovative interventions and bespoke training packages, to help your local authority and staff proactively reduce littering in your communities.

Our street litter interventions

• Bin it for Good: This simple, low-cost solution transforms bins into 'charity collection pots' to incentivize correct litter disposal by tapping into the powerful motivation of community benefit, achieving an average litter reduction of 24%.
• It's Still Littering: Using signs and floor vinyls on problem surfaces, this intervention reminds people that placing rubbish down is still littering, effectively disrupting the "careful littering" habit and reducing it by an average of 20%.
• Volunteers Tidied Here: This intervention uses positive signage to inform the public that an area has recently been cleaned by volunteers, successfully leveraging social pressure and local pride to discourage littering and reduce it by an average of 40%.
• Bin It or Take it Home: Designed for coastal and high-traffic areas, this campaign uses strong, environmental visuals and a clear message to address litter left by overflowing bins, appealing to visitors' concern for marine life and reducing beach litter by an average of 26%.

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Our roadside litter interventions

These interventions employ different strategies to combat littering from vehicles, a significant issue on the strategic road network:

• Don’t be a Tosser: Delivers a hard-hitting, zero-tolerance message to drivers and passengers, reinforcing the critical point that the vehicle owner can be fined up to £500 if rubbish is seen being thrown from a car window.
• Death Trap: Bin it, Don't Kill it: Targets the behaviour by using emotive messaging and highly visible signage to connect the act of roadside littering directly with its devastating impact on millions of small mammals and wildlife

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Legal and enforcement training

Check out our full range of legal and enforcement training courses, designed to ensure your teams tackle environmental crime efficiently, tactfully and in line with legislative requirements, including:

• The National Enforcement Academy: A comprehensive course delivered by legal professionals, which includes a real-life courtroom highlight where delegates gain experience giving oral evidence.
• Issuing Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs): Provides patrolling officers with a full understanding of the law and practical implications of issuing FPNs, including preparing a prosecution case.
• Environmental Legislation – Cradle to Grave and Beyond: Offers a complete overview of environmental legislation relating to waste crime, applicable to enforcement issues affecting street scene quality.

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Environmental quality Training

Check out our range of specialised training courses designed to equip your teams—from monitoring staff to managers—with the latest knowledge and practical skills for maintaining and improving the street scene, including:

• Monitoring Street Cleansing: Learn to assess and grade environmental quality standards using COPLAR requirements.
• Frontline Focus: Empower your street scene operatives to improve public satisfaction and develop consistent standards.
• Tackling Fly-Tipping: Master behaviour change interventions that can slash fly-tipping in hotspots by up to 73%.

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