All volunteers welcome for a community clear up on Friday 4th March 1pm - 4pm in Forest Town, Mansfield.
We'll all meet at the MRF (Materials Recovery Facility), Warren Way, Crown Farm Ind Estate, Forest Town, Mansfield, Notts, NG19 0FL before we start and again at the end for refreshments.
Please wear sensible clothes, shoes and gloves and if you have access to any please bring litter pickers for this community clean up.
Please let us know if you are able to attend so we can organise refreshments for the end of the community clean up – 0203 567 4392 / [email protected]
Read our press release and see our photos at: https://www.veolia.co.uk/nottinghamshire/about-us/about-us/news/litter-picking-success-mansfield-queen-s-clean
There are lots of resources that have been put together to support this campaign, all can be found on the website: www.cleanforthequeen.co.uk
A Resource pack has been put together to support your whole school community to get involved with Clean for The Queen.
Anti Littering Poster Compeition - They are also asking children from schools all around the country to design an anti-littering poster that builds on the theme of Clean for The Queen, litter and how society has changed over the course of the Queen’s reign. The competition is open to pupils from all schools across the UK, entry deadline - 15th February
Further information:
Environment Minister Rory Stewart said: “Her Majesty The Queen is an inspiration to all of us. Her 90th birthday is a unique opportunity for people to come together in celebration of Her Majesty’s long service and dedication to this country.
“Everyone has a responsibility to keep their community tidy and this campaign provides us with a great chance to protect our wildlife and improve the quality of our streets and public spaces. I hope it will help lead to a lasting legacy of a cleaner, tidier Britain.”
How much litter is there?
About 2.25 million pieces of litter are dropped on the streets of the UK every day. Thirty million tons of rubbish are collected from England’s streets each year. That’s enough to fill Wembley Stadium four times over.
The Highways Agency clears about 180,000 sacks of litter from motorways and A roads alone. There could be 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in every square mile of the ocean. About 80% of that comes from the land. Plastic takes at least 450 years to break down in seawater.
How long does it take for litter to biodegrade?
A Paper bag up to one month
A Orange peel up to two years
A Banana skin up to two years
A Plastic bag up to 10–20 years
A Cigarette butts up to 12 years
A Plastic bottle up to 450 years
Glass bottles and chewing gum are not biodegradable
To take part in Clean for The Queen, please register here, where you’ll find advice and tips about how to join a group or to simply do your bit.
If every adult picked up just one piece of litter and put it in a bin, that would be more than 50 million pieces of rubbish disposed of. Imagine if everyone picked up at least one piece of litter every day for the next nine months. We can do it. We can all Clean for The Queen.
Further information available on the launch available here