However, this has been accompanied by a rise in littering, up 68% in 2020, putting the nation’s precious waterway wildlife habitats at risk and causing an unsightly problem. “Canals and rivers have been vital havens for mental and physical health during the pandemic, with more weekly visits to local towpaths since last March in many urban areas. Peter Birch, national environmental policy advisor for the Canal & River Trust, said “We’re delighted to be working with Hubbub on this new campaign which we hope will inspire people to get active and help fight the problems caused by litter and plastic pollution. Treasure Your River will engage the public on how they can make a difference through simple changes such as taking their rubbish home with them, providing tools and guidance for litter picks and responsible disposal of fishing tackle. As well as tackling littering behaviour with eye-catching bins and activities, the campaign aims to create a legacy for each river, with an army of regular volunteers and litter-clearing infrastructure. After a year of lockdown people’s appreciation of nature has risen further and Treasure Your River will provide more opportunities for people around the UK to get involved and help protect our rivers and seas. In 2019, Hubbub’s polling 1 found that 75% of UK adults wanted to do more to help tackle marine litter. It will initially focus on preventing litter from entering the rivers and clean-up activities in seven major cities based on these rivers and the waterways that flow into them – Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Nottingham, which between them are home to 1 in 6 of the UK population. Treasure Your River aims to be the UK’s largest ever collaborative effort to prevent and reduce the amount of litter in our waterways, tackling seven of the UK’s largest river systems: the Avon, Forth, Mersey, Severn, Taff, Thames and Trent and their tributaries. The campaign is being run by environmental charity Hubbub with funding from the Coca-Cola Foundation. And in Nottingham, the campaign has secured the support of local canoe and paddleboarding groups as well as Nottingham Narrowboat Project. Hundreds of volunteers across the UK from organisations including the Angling Trust, Canal & River Trust, Keep Scotland Beautiful, Keep Wales Tidy, Mersey Rivers Trust, Sustainable Hive, Thames21, The Rivers Trust and companies like Coca-Cola and Costa have already pledged to do their bit. Offices, pubs, bars, cafes and community groups are encouraged to sign up to access materials, join events and get further information about how they can get involved. The items picked up will be used by a local artist to create a sculpture highlighting the issue of rubbish in our waterways.įrom displaying posters and taking part in litter picks to hosting new bins, there is a part to play for everyone. The campaign will run over the remainder of the year and the programme of activities for this Summer, unveiled today, includes themed litter picks, canoe litter picking sessions, paddleboarding activities and boat rides. Canal & River Trust and environmental charity Hubbub are calling for businesses, community groups, residents and other organisations situated along the River Trent and Nottingham Beeston Canal to get involved. Canal & River Trust and Hubbub unveil Summer programme of litter clearing activitiesĬommunities called on to join UK’s largest ever collaboration to reduce river litterĪ major new campaign, Treasure Your River, launches today to help reduce the huge amount of litter entering the River Trent and subsequently the ocean.
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