Important: Litter can be contaminated, so we have put together some information to help you handle it safely. Please click on this link to have a read through our Health and Safety Guidance before you go out litter-picking.
Important: Litter can be contaminated, so we have put together some information to help you handle it safely. Please click on this link to have a read through our Health and Safety Guidance before you go out litter-picking.
Dee Bingham (Patron) previously worked at Keep Britain Tidy for 22 years and brings a range of experience, with a special interest in the law and legal issues relating to litter. Amongst her roles she ran the charity’s Information Service, managed the Tidy Britain All Party Parliamentary Group and co-ordinated the organisation’s governance.
Dee is a core member of the Defra Civil Society Partnership Network. She’s also involved in volunteer activities closer to home including her local Woodlands Conservation Action Group and litter picks organised by the Local Authority Rangers Team. As a Green Flag Assessor for the Eco-Schools Programme, she sees the importance of teaching about the environment from an early age, especially about not littering.
After many years of litter-picking and campaigning, Dee is more optimistic than ever that we can tackle the litter problem. Social networking has made it so much easier to set up a local group, organise clean-ups, keep in touch with supporters and get anti-litter messages across. Websites are available to post news about litter-picks and pictures of events. All of which spreads the word that littering is not acceptable and, furthermore, that thousands of volunteers are working hard to look after the places they love.
Having supported CleanupUK since its early days, Dee sees the organisation as a leader in bringing people together to tackle litter – and fostering good community relations in the process.
