Bruce McLeod, a Craven volunteer who organises the event in Craven area says, "it may be April Fool's Day, but litter's no joke!"
Tea and Buns will be served at local member Jill Wilson's home to all those who turn out on the day.
Come along and do your bit to enhance our countryside.
contact cprecraven@me.com for more details
Stuart White co-ordinated and organised the campaign in Redcar & Cleveland. Members met to clean the Cleveland Way to benefit all users of this national trail.
http://www.cpre.org.uk/how-you-can-help/take-action/litter
The image shows Bruce McLeod supported by Naomi McLeod and Adrian Marley during the 2016 litter pick in Skipton
CPRE View
CPRE’s main concern with litter is its impact on the beauty and quality of the countryside. Littered items are often brightly-coloured, non-degradable and toxic. They spoil the view, pollute the land and endanger wildlife. And they are often made from valuable materials that could be recycled such as glass, aluminium and plastic – all of which are wasted when left as litter.
CPRE and litter
Campaigning against litter was one of CPRE’s early priorities; our work began in 1927, supporting a range of local and national campaigns. This work led us to be instrumental in the creation of the Keep Britain Tidy group in 1955 and our most recent national campaign, Stop the Drop, ran from 2008 to 2015. We launched our Litter Programme in January 2016, with activities including campaigning and lobbying, a pilot project looking at legislation and systems design, as well as collaborative work with our branch network across England and a wide range of charity and corporate partners.
We want to see:
a strong legal framework that is used consistently by local councils, to stop littering being a consequence-free crime;
a National Litter Action Plan that coordinates the activities of every organisation that works to reduce litter, in order to increase efficiency and save money;
solutions that change people’s behaviour by putting a value on resources, such as charges on carrier bags and returnable deposits paid on drinks containers;
better design of products and packaging, such as attaching lids to bottles and providing disposal papers with chewing gum, to reduce the chances of them being littered.
