We’re working with Keep Britain Tidy, local residents and businesses along with visitors to reduce the amount of litter dropped in Blackpool.
Big Spring Clean 2019
This year be part of the Big Spring Clean: 22 March – 23 April 2019.
We are calling on you to help improve the environment on your doorstep. We’re working with Keep Britain Tidy to collect and safely dispose of litter from our streets, parks and beaches, recycling as much as possible.
The Big Spring Clean encourages and supports residents, schools, businesses and volunteers to organise their own litter pick events to help tidy the town and take part in others, bringing everyone together for a great cause.
Litter not only spoils Blackpool’s environment, but it also makes the town untidy and causes risk to our local wildlife.
Anyone can get involved, you can register to take part in litter-picking events via the Great British Spring Clean website. To take part locally in Blackpool keep an eye out on our social media platforms and the Keep Blackpool Tidy webpage for our event we will be hosting in Grange Park.
Remember: always put your litter in the bin and recycle where possible.
Latest activities
We've been busy lately as part of the Keep Blackpool Tidy campaign. Some of the things we've been doing:
- Adding more bins to the streets
- Introducing £80 litter fines
- Holding litter picking events
- Raising awareness to encourage more people to stop littering
How you can help – love where you live
Keeping our streets free from litter is everyone’s responsibility – the more people stop dropping litter, the cleaner our streets will be.
Latest litter pick events
Events
| Date | Event | Location | Time |
|---|
| 2 March |
Highfield Park (first Saturday of every month) |
Meet at Highfield Park |
9.30am |
| 4 March |
Bispham Coastal Care litter pick (first Monday of every month) |
Meet at Highlands Pub, Queens Promenade |
11.00am to 12 noon |
| 5 March |
Grange Park litter pick (first Tuesday of every month) |
Meet at @TheGrange, Bathurst Avenue |
9.30am to 12 noon |
| 5 March |
Community Tree Planting
|
Meet at Gateside Park |
10am to 12 noon |
| 16 March |
Sea Life Centre litter pick
|
Meet at RNLI Lifeboat Station - opposite SEA LIFE centre |
10am |
| Great British Spring Clean (TBC) |
Grange Park
|
TBC |
TBC |
If you'd like to attend any of the events, please bring with you your KBT litter action pack (this contains your litter pick and gloves). If you don't have a pack, please complete the form below so we can arrange for you to collect one.
We will have a limited number of spare packs on the day, if you're unable to collect one in time.
Get Involved!
You can help us keep our streets clean by:
- Picking up litter in your own street
- Organising group litter pick events in your area
- Becoming a volunteer with a local community group
- Involving your business, school or college
Please note: limited stock of litter picks available.