The Great British Spring Clean
21 March - 6 April 2025
Every year Horsham District Council backs Keep Britain Tidy's annual litter campaign - the Great British Spring Clean (GBSC) - calling on #LitterHeroes across the District to help improve the environment on their doorstep.
Pledging to take part in the Great British Spring Clean couldn’t be easier; simply pledge as an individual, a group or a school and let Keep Britain Tidy know how many bags you pledge to pick up. You can give as little as 15 minutes to the campaign such as picking up litter while walking the dog, on the walk home from the school run, or taking an afternoon stroll!
Support The Great British Spring Clean
Did you know?
Research from the charity Keep Britain Tidy found that over two million pieces of litter are dropped in the UK each day, at a cost of £957 million to councils in 2023/24!
Our own Litter and Cleansing department employs 25 people to work across the District. Between them they empty 800 litter bins a week, taking pride in keeping the District litter-free.
Adopt A Street
Another key way that we support this campaign is through our Adopt a Street initiative, now supported by hundreds of volunteers across the District who have signed up to support their local community through litter picking initiatives. We offer help through the loan of equipment such as bin bags or pick up sticks to help you in your work. We will also collect any litter that you have picked up.
Please contain the litter within sacks, bring it back to your address and let us know the location by calling 01403 733144 at Adopt a Street and we will collect it from you. Thank you!
Please share your litter picking endeavours on your social media feeds (tagging @HorshamDC, #LitterHeroes) and we will share them too. Thank you.
NOTE: There is often high demand for our litter picking equipment during the Great British Spring Clean so we cannot guarantee that we will be able to meet your needs at this busy time. However if you would like to sign up to Adopt A Street as a local litter-pick volunteer or community group going forwards we would love to hear from you.
Litter facts
- Litter remains a huge problem across the country, causing harm to the environment and wildlife.
- The appearance of litter on roadsides is a blight on our landscape and its clearance is costly to the tax payer.
- Litter can harm wildlife, and habitats and make its way to our seas via our waterways and drains.
- Every year Horsham District Council’s Waste and Recycling team sweep up litter from over 1,600 miles of streets
- The RSPCA announced that they receive an average of 14 calls a day about wildlife harmed by litter, with the organisation suggesting the actual number of animals affected by rubbish is likely much higher.
- We now support hundreds of local Adopt a Street volunteers across the District, all helping to keep their communities clean and tidy.