Community litter picks
Find out about seasonal litter-picking campaigns, how to organise your own litter pick and litter awareness in schools.
Great British Spring Clean
Each year we support Keep Britain Tidy’s litter-picking campaign, the Great British Spring Clean. This year, it takes place between 15 March and 31 March 2024. The campaign aims to encourage as many people as possible from across the UK to hit the streets and clean up their local communities.
Organise your own litter pick
If you would like to organise a litter pick during the campaign, please email cleansafegreen@dacorum.gov.uk. We can loan litter-picking equipment to you. This is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Join a litter pick
A number of litter picks have already been organised for the campaign. The table below shows events open to any Dacorum resident. If you would like to take part, please get in touch with the organiser to find out more details.
Group name | Date and time of litter pick | Area being litter picked | Contact details | Meeting place |
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Seventh-Day Adventist Church and friends | Sunday 17 March, from 10am | Bennetts End and Adeyfield | pastor@hemeladventist.uk, 07968 690706 | Seventh-Day Adventist Church car park, Gammon Close, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8DG (Corner of St Albans Road and Bennetts End Road) |
Dacorum Borough Council Housing and Property Services staff | Friday 22 March, 9.30am to 11.30am | Highfield | stuart.ball@dacorum.gov.uk or daniel.french@dacorum.gov.uk | Highfield Community Centre car park, HP2 5SB |
Tidy Tring Team | Sunday 24 March, from 10am | Tring | ttt@sustainabletring.org.uk | Forge car park, High Street, Tring |
Transition Town Berkhamsted | Sunday 24 March, from 10am | Canal Fields, Berkhamsted | Alex Haeri, alex.haeri@yahoo.co.uk | By the skate park in Canal Fields, Berkhamsted |
Tring Station Residents Association | Sunday 24 March, from 2pm | Tring Station and surrounding streets and paths | ironroomdiary@gmail.com | Iron Room Hall, Station Road, Tring HP23 5QX |
Epson UK | Tuesday 26 March, from 10am | Nash Mills Wharf | Nick Tungatt: ntungatt@epson.eu; 07979 704546 | Epson UK car park |
Dacorum Street Champions are also organising litter picks throughout the campaign. Register now to become a Street Champion.
In 2023, Keep Britain Tidy set the Big Bag Challenge, encouraging everyone to collect one bag of litter. In Dacorum, more than 1,100 volunteers joined in, collecting more than 600 bags of rubbish. Over half of this was recyclable litter.
Litter picking throughout the year
Organise your own litter pick
We can support you in organising a litter pick in your local area throughout the year. You can borrow litter-picking equipment from our Clean, Safe and Green department. We can also arrange to collect the bags of litter after your event.
If you would like to organise a litter pick, please call 01442 228000 and ask for 'Clean, Safe and Green' or email cleansafegreen@dacorum.gov.uk.
If you're interested in litter picking on a regular basis, you may want to register as a Street Champion. We'll give you your own kit filled with litter-picking equipment.
Find out more about some of the local volunteer litter pickers that help keep Dacorum clean, safe and green:
Free litter awareness talks for schools
Primary schools in Dacorum can get a free litter awareness talk or assembly. We can also bring in litter-picking equipment for pupils to use in the school grounds and/or surrounding areas.
For more information, please call 01442 228000 and ask for 'Clean, Safe and Green' or email cleansafegreen@dacorum.gov.uk. Litter-picking equipment is available on a first come, first served basis.
For more information, including other initiatives we run or support, please visit our schools page.
Changes to services over Easter: Due to the bank holidays, our Customer Service Centres will be closed on Friday 29 March and Monday 1 April 2024. There are also changes to your bin collections. ×