Bolton West MP Chris Green urged schools, businesses and community groups to get outdoors and help clear up Bolton West at the parliamentary launch of a nationwide campaign.
The Great British Spring Clean follows on from last year’s successful Clean for The Queen campaign and brings together many of the anti-litter organisations in the UK. Costa Coffee, McDonald’s and LIDL are just a few of the companies also supporting the initiative.
Community groups including parish councils, residents’ associations, girl guides and brownies and scout and cub troops are encouraged to organise their own litter pick or event in the coming weeks or over the campaign’s big clean weekend over 3-5 March.
The MP said: “I wanted to help with The Great British Spring Clean as it is really important to encourage people to go out and clean up their communities.
“We are lucky in Bolton West to have plenty of local groups, like Daisy Hill in Bloom, who volunteer tirelessly to keep our area looking well.
“This initiative also provides a useful opportunity to raise awareness of the problems litter causes and I hope that people in Bolton West will get behind the campaign.”
Keep Britain Tidy Chief Executive, Allison Ogden-Newton, commented: “It was fantastic to see Chris come out and support our campaign.
“The Great British Spring Clean is about getting all Britons who care about their environment to take action and I’m looking forward to seeing lots of people out and about, contributing to cleaning up their communities on 3rd 4th and 5th of March.”