Litter Picking Equipment

Whether litter-picking alone or in a group you’ll need the right equipment to carry out a safe and enjoyable clean-up.

What Equipment Do You Need?

The basics we recommend are:

Hand held litter-picker
Refuse sacks
Gloves
High visibility vest
Optional: hoop to hold open your refuse sack

If you’re an event organiser you might also include:

Bags for recyclables (depending on what your council recycles)
Hoops or devices to hold open refuse sacks
Mobile phone for emergencies
First aid kit
Hand sanitiser
Cart to carry equipment
Long-handled litter-picker
Camera to record your event
Refreshments

Obtaining your Equipment

You’ll probably find your council supports volunteer litter-pickers and might lend or provide equipment – a good place to start if you’re new to litter-picking.  But if you litter pick regularly you may want to buy your own especially if you prefer a particular type of litter-picker.

Ask your council if they supply special refuse sacks for volunteer litter collections; these may be badged for collection by the street cleansing service.

Litter-pickers are widely available to buy from retailers such as Wilko, Screwfix, B&Q or online stores like Argos, Amazon, eBay.

We will be listing products here that we think will be of help to you. 

Products from The Helping Hand Company are popular with many of our litter-pickers and we are happy to recommend them for quality and service. 

The Helping Hand Company is offering a special discount for users of the CleanupUK website.  Click on the order forms below using the LitterAction code shown.

Volunteer Order form

Safer Litter Picking Order form

Alternatively you can order:

Directly via the Helping Hand webshop – apply coupon code LITTERACTION at the cart to receive 10% off

By giving the Helping Hand Green Team a call on 01531 635678 – quoting LITTERACTION

CleanupUK receives a small commission when you use this code for your order.