The bagged litter collected during your pick can either be taken home with you to be disposed of in your kerbside collection or you can organise for our crews to collect and dispose of it using the litter collection form.

If you decide to leave your bags full of litter for collection, please make sure it’s a safe and accessible roadside location for our crews to collect them easily. Ideally a location near a street sign or a litter bin.

You can put any recycling into your household recycling containers if you have the space and capacity. Make sure you stay safe by being aware of any sharp or dirty litter in your bag.

To have your bags of litter collected, simply fill in our litter collection form and we will do the rest!

Please ensure you leave the full litter bags in a safe and accessible roadside location for our crews to collect them easily. Ideally a location near a street sign or a litter bin.

Please ensure you leave the full litter bags in a safe and accessible roadside location for our crews to collect them easily. Ideally a location near a street sign or a litter bin.

Then complete a litter collection form so we know where to find it. When choosing where to leave your litter, consider the following:

• You must leave walkways clear. Think, are the bags in the way? Can wheelchair users safely pass them?
• All bags must be clearly visible. This makes them easier for us to collect.
• Your collected waste must be easily accessible by vehicle when our crews arrive.
• Do not leave the litter on private property.
• To make it easier for our crews, consider leaving it next to an existing bin.

That’s not a problem! Just state the correct location in the ‘litter collection form’ so we know where to pick the bags up from. It’s best for you to fill out the collection form after your pick to provide the most accurate in terms of location, how many bags you’ve left, and the time you’ve left them there.

The best litter picking spots are safe, legal and where you will make the most difference! We clean the city centre on a daily basis and visit hundreds of neighbourhoods across the city. But, Bristol has over 800 miles of streets and footpaths to keep clean. That’s the same walking distance from Bristol to Venice in Italy, all while our street cleaners are pushing a litter picking cart. This makes it difficult for us to visit all of the city’s tucked-away green spaces, cycle paths and side streets.

Have you noticed local spaces that get especially messy? As long as it’s not private property, it’s safe to access and it’s in Bristol, it should be a good spot to litter pick.

If you’re unsure where to litter pick, pop us an email at hello@bristolwastecompany.co.uk and we can give you some ideas.

Our kits are often in high demand so can only be lent out on a short-term basis. If you plan on keeping your kits for more than 1-2 weeks, please discuss this further with our team directly.

Email: hello@bristolwastecompany.co.uk

Phone: 0117 304 9022

If you spot large, bulky waste items while out on your litter pick, the best thing to do is report them to Bristol City Council as a fly-tip. We recommend you do not try moving heavy objects.

Absolutely! If it turns out that you need more bags than you’ve originally ordered, you can request extra bags using our online form.

There are lots of active litter picking groups in Bristol. You can locate lots of public groups on social media, or we have a list of public groups on our website.

If there isn’t a litter picking group in your area already, you are welcome to start one! Get friends, family and neighbours involved and invite them to regular local picks. A good technique is to share the information on local social media groups and set a regular litter picking date.

If you need help setting up a community litter pick, download our guide.

We love hearing about your litter picking adventures! Not only does it fill us with pride, it is also very helpful with our data and helps with our long-term goals to stop litter for good.

Please let us know just how well you got on by using the online share your results form.

We do have a very limited amount of equipment for long-term pickers to borrow.

Ask the team about the availability of equipment, as it could be that a group near you has stopped picking and wants to pass on equipment, or that we’ve got some equipment left to loan.

If you can’t get your equipment for a long period straight away, you could borrow some for a short time to get some picks in for now. You’ll be added onto a waiting list for kits and we can let you know when we have one available for you.

Contact the team directly to discuss this: hello@bristolwastecompany.co.uk

The answer is ‘no’. You do not require any permissions or approvals to pick on Bristol’s public land.

Before you start picking, please check the health and safety check list and remember to stay safe at all times.

We recycle as much as possible, even on litter picks. You can help us with this mission by sorting the litter you collect.

We will provide you with:

• green general waste bags – for materials that cannot be recycled, like soft plastics, polystyrene and cigarette butts
• clear recycling bags – for materials that can be recycled, like plastic bottles and aluminium drinks cans