Refuse - litter bins

You can report litter and overflowing litter bins using our online form. The form takes about 5 minutes to complete.

Litter can be as small as a sweet wrapper, as large as a bag of rubbish, or it can mean lots of items scattered about. Keep Britain Tidy, a charitable organisation, describes litter as “waste in the wrong place caused by human agency”. In other words, it is only people that make litter.

About £342 million a year is spent by local authorities in England on street cleaning and litter clearance. There are over 650 litter bins in the borough and each bin is able to take bagged dog waste and litter.

What can we do ?

Join the Big Tidy Up in Bracknell Forest! Find out about the events already planned or register your own litter pick at www.thebigtidyup.org to receive tabard bibs, refuse sacks, badges, stickers, a guide and posters to promote your clean up!

Campaigns have been carried out in schools to raise awareness of the problems associated with litter, and hundreds of people have made pledges to keep a small local area litter free.

Many members of the community 'do their bit'. A great example of this is Take Pride, where voluntary groups don their gloves, pick up their litter-pickers, and clean up their local area. If you or your group want to take part you will be provided with litter pickers and rubbish sacks and the rubbish will be picked up. Just let us know when your event is taking place by calling 01344 352000.

The law

The offence of ‘Leaving Litter’ (section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act statutory instrument (law)) 1990) is a criminal offence and either the police or local authority can prosecute people who drop litter. Local authority officers and/or litter wardens can give an on-the-spot £75 fixed penalty notice for littering. Average fines are around £95 but can rise to a maximum of £2,500 if taken to court.