Great British Spring Clean 22 March - 23 April 2019
Plymouth’s residents are being encouraged to take part in the city’s biggest ever volunteer tidy up as part of this year’s Great British Spring Clean.
Plymouth City Council is backing the national Keep Britain Tidy led campaign, which runs from 22 March to 23 April, which will see up to half a million people taking action to clean up streets, parks and beaches across the country. The Council is working with local volunteer groups including Clean Our Patch and Plymouth Beach Clean Volunteers to encourage local people to get involved.
The Great British Spring Clean brings together individuals, community organisations, businesses and councils to make a difference to the environment on our doorstep and in 2018 around 370,000 #LitterHeroes collected more than 630,000 bags of rubbish.
It also supports the Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City Plan for Plastics which aims to reduce single use plastics and tackle plastic pollution.
This year’s campaign will not only see tonnes of litter being removed from the environment on our doorstep, it also aims to rescue thousands of the plastic bottles and aluminium drinks cans that are simply thrown on the ground but could, very easily, be recycled.
Where possible, participants will recycle as much as they can using the ‘three bags full’ approach, and volunteers will be asked to separate the litter they pick into three bags: one for plastic bottles; one for aluminium cans and a third for the rest of the rubbish.
Plymouth City Council will then collect these bags to ensure that they are recycled appropriately. Find out more about what you can recycle in Plymouth here.
To find out more about the Great British Spring Clean visit the Keep Britain Tidy website.
Details of Volunteer spring clean litter pick events in Plymouth
| Date | Venue | Time | Organisers |
| Saturday 23 March | Shaldon Crescent, Honicknowle, PL5 3RG | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Sunday 24 March | Freedom Fields Park (meet at Café), PL4 8RJ | 11am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Friday 29 March | Coop, Pike Road, PL3 6HJ | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Saturday 30 March | St Levans Park, PL2 1JT (meet at 33 College Road) | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Sunday 31 March | Meet at Breakwater Road, Plympton, PL9 7HJ | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Sunday 31 March | Moor View Park, Keyham, PL2 1LJ | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Sunday 31 March | Hoe waterfront beach clean – meet on path above Tinside Lido opposite the Dome. | 10am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Saturday 6 April | Kings Tamerton Community Hub, PL5 2BU | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Saturday 6 April | Brook Inn, Plympton St Maurice, PL7 1NJ | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Sunday 7 April | Faraday Mill – meet outside Unit 21, PL4 0ST | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Sunday 7 April | Mount Batten Beach, PL9 0HP – beach clean | 2pm |
Plymouth Beach Clean Volunteers plymouthbeachclean@gmail.com |
| Monday 8 April | Weston Mill meeting at Carlton Terrace, PL5 1BA | 6pm | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Tuesday 9 April | Meet at Sage Café, PL3 4JN Mutley Plain. | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Thursday 11 April | Meeting at Mind, 8 Woodside, PL4 8QE | 10am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Friday 12 April | In collaboration with SEA - meeting at Carlton Terrace (Camels Head end), PL2 2DR | 10am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Saturday 13 April | Meeting at Co-op Victoria Road, PL5 1RQ | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Saturday 13 April | Beach clean – meet at Bovisand beach, PL9 0AD | 2pm |
Plymouth Beach Clean Volunteers plymouthbeachclean@gmail.com |
| Sunday 14 April | Ferryhouse Inn, Saltash Passage, PL5 1LD | 11am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Monday 15 April | Car park in Broadway, Plymstock, PL9 7AU | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Monday 15 April | Beach clean at Bovisand beach, PL9 0AD (meet at bottom of steps on beach) | 10am |
Plymouth Beach Clean Volunteers plymouthbeachclean@gmail.com |
| Tuesday 16 April | The Falstaff, Clittaford Road, Southway, PL6 6QF | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Tuesday 16 April | Mount Batten beach, PL9 9SL - meet at Mount Batten Beach, or if you want a lift a minibus will be going from National Marine Aquarium - call 01752 275217 to book a place on the minibus. | 10am |
National Marine Aquarium - call 01752 275217 if you want a lift on the minibus. |
| Wednesday 17 April | Windmill Inn car park, PL6 8QB | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Thursday 18 April | Car park, Alexandra Road, PL6 5AE | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Friday 19 April | Outside KFC at Barne Barton | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Saturday 20 April | St Budeaux Church, PL5 2HN | 1.30pm | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Saturday 20 April | Parkway Social Club, Ernesettle Lane, PL5 2EY | 1.30pm | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Sunday 21 April | Haynes Road, Elburton, PL9 8JG | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
| Sunday 21 April | Bovisand Beach – special Easter beach clean searching for Mermaids Purses on the beach (actually shark and skate eggs), also looking for Nurdles and rubbish. PL9 0AD (meet at bottom of steps on beach) | 1pm |
Plymouth Beach Clean Volunteers plymouthbeachclean@gmail.com |
| Saturday 27 April |
Wycliffe Surgery, Cattedown, PL4 0BZ | 10.30am | Clean Our Patch – cleanourpatch@hotmail.com |
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