Keeping the borough clean

Great British Spring Clean

Keep Britain Tidy’s annual campaign for nationwide litter picking takes place from 15 to 31 March. We’re encouraging people to join or organise a community litter pick and pledge how many bags they will collect on the Keep Britain Tidy website.

We’ll support your litter pick by providing equipment and organising collection of your purple rubbish bags when you’ve finished (see details below).

Tell us in advance about your community litter pick and we’ll add the details to our events list, so others can join you.

Join a litter pick

• Westvale Park Residents Group - Saturday 16 March, meeting at 11am at Tyrell Way or Westvale Park Academy, you can contact the organisers via the Westvale Park (private) Facebook group
• Tattenham and Preston Residents' Association community litter pickers - Sunday 17 March, 10am, at Marbles Way Café, Marbles Way, Tadworth
• Litter pick Merstham - Wednesday 20 March, 3.30pm at Nailsworth Main Green Square
• TWRA's community litter picking event - Sunday 24 March, 10am to 12 noon, meeting at the Jubilee Woodland
• Westvale Park Residents Group - Sunday 24 March, meeting at 11am at Tyrell Way or Westvale Park Academy, you can contact the organisers via the Westvale Park (private) Facebook group
• Lower Kingswood Litter Pickers' community litter pick - Sunday 24 March, meeting at the crossroads of Stubbs Lane and Mogador Road at 1.30pm
• Banstead in Bloom community litter pick - Saturday 30 March, 10am to 11am at The Orchard, All Saints Church, Banstead
• Help in the Bushes litter pick - Saturday 6 April, 11.30am to 1pm meet at the playground on Whitebushes Common

Litter picking equipment collection

Litter picking equipment, including purple waste sacks will be available for collection from the following locations at the times given. No prior arrangement is required for collection.

• Town Hall Reception, Castlefield Road, Reigate, RH2 0SH. Collection Monday to Thursday between 9am and 5pm; Fridays between 9am and 4:45pm
• Banstead Community Centre, The Horseshoe, Bolters Lane, Banstead ,SM7 2BQ. Collection on Mondays between 9am and 4pm
• Horley Community Centre, Albert Road, Horley, RH6 7JA. Collection on Fridays between 9am and 4pm
• Merstham Community Hub, 2B Portland Drive, Merstham, RH1 3HY. Collection Monday to Thursday between 10am and 2pm; Fridays between 10am and 12pm
• Tattenhams Community Library, Tattenham Crescent, Epsom Downs KT18 5NU. Collection Monday to Wednesday between 10am and 1pm; Thursdays between 10am and 4pm; Fridays between 10am and 5pm; and Saturdays between 10am and 4pm
• Woodhatch Community Centre, Whitebeam Dr, Reigate RH2 7LS. Collection on Thursdays between 9am and 4pm

Litter picking safely

Volunteers should read the 'Safe Systems of work' document before collecting litter picking equipment. The 'Safe systems of work' document will also be available at all collection locations and does not require a signature. 

Arranging collection of waste bags

The Cleansing Team will collect the litter pickup that is in the purple waste sacks provided.

To arrange collection you should notify the Cleansing Team of the location and number of filled sacks by email: cleansing@reigate-banstead.gov.uk.

Please do not let us know on social media as this can delay the collection.

Thank you to all volunteer litter pickers

We are keen to encourage residents, community groups and businesses to help our street cleaning crews keep our borough litter free.

Community clean-ups, alongside our regular street cleaning activities, make a real difference - thank you!