Litter and fly-tipping

CPRE and The Wiltshire Wildlife Trust have worked together to produce a creative and inspiring litter education pack for schools. The resource pack, includes shocking facts about litter and powerful photographs that show wildlife injured by carelessly dropped rubbish, and the wider damage litter has on our environment. Practical activities and lessons encourage children to understand the problem of litter and the harm it can do to wildlife and the wider environment. Teachers will find the suggested activities and lesson ideas can be related across all subject areas of the curriculum.

Commissioned by CPRE from the Policy Exchange, this report looks at the reasons behind the 500% increase in littering since the 1960s. It goes on to explore the consequences of this trend for local authorities, companies and communities, using polling, psychological experiments and drawing on examples of effective prevention from Australia and America.  Litterbugs concludes with a series of simple and cost-effective recommendations that utilise education, community pride, psychology, design and existing laws.

A sample Stop The Drop article for Parish Council newsletters - simply fill in the gaps with your local details.

A quick guide to the powers and responsibilities of local authorities to clean up litter and fly-tipping. Includes a list of all organisations with litter and fly-tipping responsibilities and information on how to contact them.

Our Stop the Drop Campaigner's Toolkit tells you how you can take action on litter and fly-tipping and make a difference where you live. The toolkit includes information about who to contact on litter problems, example case studies, ideas for community action, sample letters, publicity material: posters, postcards and example news releases.

Our Stop the Drop Toolkit for Parish Councils shows how to make a difference to litter and fly-tipping in your Parish. The toolkit includes information about how to use your Parish Council powers to issue Fixed Penalty Notices, provide bins, and put up signs to inform the public of litter laws and punishments. There are also tips on writing newsletters, banishing plastic bags and organising a Big Tidy Up, as well as some useful case studies from successful Parish Councils.