Calling all Watford Litter Heroes: get involved in this year’s Great British Spring Clean!

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The seventh annual Great British Spring Clean is back between 25 March and 10 April!

The Great British Spring Clean, now in its seventh year, is back in Watford between the 25 March and 10 April – and Veolia in partnership with Watford Borough Council want to support residents who want to get involved.

This annual event, organised by Keep Britain Tidy, calls residents, schools, businesses and community groups to join forces and pledge to pick a bag of litter from nearby streets and parks, in order to protect our community and precious wildlife habitat. The benefits of getting involved don't just stop there. In a survey that took place in 2021 by Keep Britain Tidy, 86% of people said volunteering helped improve their mood, more than 50% agreed it helped them to meet new people and make friends and a staggering 91% of people agreed they felt more pride in their local area after participating.

We are proud to be backing Keep Britain Tidy’s #BigBagChallenge this year, after our successful involvement last year, in which we had 148 participants from businesses, schools and resident associations. We managed to come together as a collective, and collect 86 bags of litter – with 37 bags of plastic bottles and cans being recycled.

Keep Britain Tidy is keen to stress that litter picking is accessible to everybody with the right resources, so we want to support local litter heroes by loaning out litter-picking equipment including litter picking sticks and recycling and rubbish bags.

To find out more information, and to register to be part of Watford’s effort in this year’s Great British Spring Clean, please email enquiries.watford.vesuk@veolia.com.

Published: 6th March 2022

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