Thousands of volunteers are expected to spring into action after pledging to pick up litter across Manchester as part of a national campaign to keep their local communities clean.
Keep Britain Tidy (KBT) have kick-started their annual campaign, The Great British Spring Clean, to encourage residents to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in by helping to tidy up local parks, pathways and other green spaces in their neighbourhoods to make them even better places for everyone to exercise, play and escape to.
Since 2018, the annual community clean-up has been supported by Manchester City Council in partnership with Keep Manchester Tidy (KMT) following a turnout of countless volunteers. Known proudly as “litter heroes,” they pledged to banish lingering litter to the bins for good by aiming to pick up 400,000 bags of waste.
This year’s theme is focused on ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ to encourage even more Mancunians to join the national movement and see for themselves how they are inspiring change for good in their pledge to keeping Manchester tidy by organising their own litter picks in their neighbourhoods.
City-wide there were 155 litter picking events, 1,564 litter pickers were loaned out, 300 litter picking sets were gifted to individuals and families and a hefty 2,500 bags were given to volunteers which were later collected by the council’s partner Biffa in 2023.
The Great British Spring Clean runs from 15 – 31 March.
Find out more for guidance on arranging a litter pick and how to get any rubbish collected.
