AN MP is urging people to join in the Great British Spring Clean by litter-picking in towns and villages across Batley and Spen
The Great British Spring Clean 2023 gets underway from next Friday (March 17) and Batley and Spen MP Kim Leadbeater is urging local people to pledge to pick up a bag of litter to tidy where they live.
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Ms Leadbeater, who is chair of the Tidy Britain All-Party Parliamentary Group, is co-ordinating a constituency-wide clean-up across towns and villages in Batley and Spen.
The launch event will take place in Green Park, Heckmondwike on March 17 from 10am.
Run by Keep Britain Tidy, the Great British Spring Clean is the nation’s biggest mass-action environmental campaign and runs until April 2. People are encouraged to get involved with waste reduction and litter picking in their communities.
People, organisations, businesses, and schools all across Batley and Spen are getting involved - from Birstall and Birkenshaw to Cleckheaton, Gomersal, Oakenshaw, and East Bierley.
Pledges can be made on an individual, school, community group or business basis. Last year, an army of 'litter heroes' pledged to pick up nearly half a million bags of litter.
More than 150,000 bags have already been pledged on the Keep Britain Tidy website.
Ms Leadbeater, said: “Litter-picking is a simple action that most people can do, and I’d love to see as many people as possible out and about filling bags to tackle the scourge of litter. By doing so they improve the environment for themselves and others.
“We should all be proud of where we live. My message is 'fill a bag, or more, with litter, and let’s spring clean our lovely towns and villages'
“And hopefully by doing so it will help deter people from dropping so much litter in the future.”
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