Great British Spring Clean

Antoinette Sandbach shows support for The Great British Spring Clean

Local MP, Antoinette Sandbach joined the fight against litter by backing The Great British Spring Clean: Taking place from 3rd to the 5th March
Antoinette Sandbach has shown her support, ahead of the Great British Spring Clean, to the many anti-litter heroes the length and breadth of Britain.
The MP for Eddisbury was supporting the new national initiative of environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy. The Great British Spring Clean, which takes place up and down the UK from the 3rd ' 5th March is set to be the nation's biggest
ever anti-litter campaign, inspiring 500,000 people across the UK to get out into their local community, clean up litter and ensure their neighbourhood is one of which they can be proud.

Keep Britain Tidy Chief Executive, Allison Ogden-Newton, commented 'It was fantastic to see Antoinette come out and support our campaign. The Great British Spring Clean is about getting all Britons who care about their environment to take
action and I'm looking forward to seeing lots of people out and about, contributing to cleaning up their communities on 3rd 4th and 5th of March.'

The Great British Spring Clean is endeavouring to build on the success of the 2016 national clean-up, which saw 250,000 people take part. This year's aim is to encourage half a million litter pickers out on to the streets, parks and beaches
of Britain, to not only help clean up the country but to demonstrate their desire to see action taken to put a stop to littering and the economic and environmental damage it causes.

We spend £700 million every year cleaning our streets and data from the RSPCA reveals that there are 5,000 reports of animals being injured by litter each year, including swans, gulls and foxes. As a result, the campaign has won the backing
of TV naturalist and writer Steve Backshall, the BAFTA-winning Deadly 60 presenter.

The campaign is being delivered through a broad range of partners including the RSPCA, the Marine Conservation Society and Keep Wales Tidy together with businesses including McDonald's, Greggs, Costa, Harrogate Spring Water, The Helping
Hand Company, a wide range of schools, local authorities and MPs across the UK.

To join the #LitterHeroes across the UK and register for the GBSpringClean visit here

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