Charity calls on people in the South West to help tackle litter

NationalenvironmentalcharityKeepBritainTidyhaslauncheditstenthGreatBritishSpringClean. TheinitiativeseesthousandsofvolunteersacrosstheSouthWestpickinguplittertoprotecttheenvironment. Thiscomesafterthecharityrevealedthat64percentofadultsintheSouthWestlovewheretheylive,but74percentofthemfeellessproudoftheirneighbourhoodwhentheyseelitter. InaYouGovsurveyconductedforthecharity,86percentoftheregion’sadultssaidtheyshowtheirlovefortheirareabynotlitteringand19percent,morethananyotherregion,saidtheylitter-pick. READMORE: GreatDorsetBeachCleansettotakeplacenextyear MorethansevenintenadultsacrosstheSouthWestsaidtheyare‘disappointed’whentheyseelitterintheirarea,whilemorethantwofifthsare‘angry’. ADVERTISEMENTKeepBritainTidy’schiefexecutive,AllisonOgden-NewtonOBE,said:“Weknowthere’saproblem–butwealsoknowthatpeople-powerispartofthesolution. “Thisgrowingcultureofsmallindividualactionshasadde