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Keep Britain Tidy is a UK based independent environmental charity (registered as a charity in England and Wales No 1071737). The organisation campaigns to reduce litter, improve local places and prevent waste. It has offices in Wigan, Greater Manchester. and London.
History
1954 Led by its chair, Lady Elisabeth Brunner, the National Federation of Women’s Institutes passes a resolution to “Keep Britain Tidy”.
1958 For the first time, The Litter Act puts in place an overall law with fines of £10 for people dropping litter.
1960 Keep Britain Tidy registers as a charity and company limited by guarantee.
1969 The tidyman logo appears on bins and packaging around England.
1970s Intensive, high profile, national campaigning, including all the popular faces of the day has a huge impact on attitudes and behaviours towards littering. (Abba, Disney, David Cassidy, Morecombe & Wise and many more).
1971 The Dangerous Litter Act increases maximum fine for dropping litter from £10 to £100.
1977 “Clean for the Queen” for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee.
1980s High profile campaigns continue, with the iconic “real rats” poster campaign (1989) and famous faces such as the Bee Gees.
1987 The charity Waste Watch launches, with an aim to get the UK to reduce, reuse and recycle its waste.
1987 The Blue Flag Award launches across England, with awards given to 12 beaches. In 2014, 56 English beaches achieved the award.
1989 National Spring Clean Day with The Wombles, 2 million people take part.
1989 People & Places programme launches, the forerunner to the current Keep Britain Tidy Network.
1990 The Environmental Protection Act defines standards of street cleanliness for the first time.
1990 Tidy Britain Year
1991 First People & Places Awards ceremony, the forerunner to the current Keep Britain Tidy Awards.
1992 Seaside Awards launches, 112 beaches won the award in 2014.
1994 Eco-Schools launches in England. 17,411 English schools are now registered with the programme.
1987 the charity changed its name to Tidy Britain Group.
1997 The Green Flag Award launches in England, with awards given to seven parks. Now 1,424 Green Flags fly across the UK..
2000s Hard hitting campaigns continue, with “No, tough and bull” dog fouling campaign (2001), “Rats” (2003) and “Dirty pig” (2008).
2000 Waste Watch campaigning results in establishment of Government backed waste reduction programme.
2001 RiverCare programme launches, followed by BeachCare in 2010 and WatersideCare in 2011.
2002, Tidy Britain Group changes its name to ENCAMS — short for Environmental Campaigns.
2005 The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act tightens the definition of littering and introduces fixed penalty notices.
2008 The Big Tidy Up launches.
In 2009 the charity changed its name back to Keep Britain Tidy, also introducing a new logo highlighting the IT within BRITAIN, reading "Keep It Tidy" as well as "Keep Britain Tidy". The "tidyman" logo is still used in public campaigns.
2010 “there’s no such thing as the dog poo fairy” campaign launched.
2011 Waste Watch and Keep Britain Tidy merge.
2011 The Love Where You Live campaign is launched to the public.
2012 Keep Britain Tidy’s supporters showed the world they love where they live by clearing up their local area ahead of the Olympic torch relay passing through.
2013 Cleaning up litter costs taxpayers almost £1 billion a year in England. Keep Britain Tidy highlight this through the “Which side of the fence?” campaign.
2014 Keep Britain Tidy launches the Litter Prevention Commitment for businesses, as well as the “We’re watching you” dog fouling campaign for land managers.
2014 The Wombles join forces with Keep Britain Tidy to clean up littered areas as part of a campaign sponsored by Waitrose.
A more detailed history of Keep Britain Tidy can be found on the Keep Britain Tidy website
Programmes
Keep Britain Tidy runs a number of programmes in England, including Eco-Schools, Seaside Awards, BeachCare, RiverCare, WatersideCare, LOVEmyBEACH, Keep Britain Tidy Network, Love Parks, Big Tidy Up, Green Flag Award for parks and greenspaces and the Blue Flag Award for beaches. Keep Britain Tidy managed Keep Scotland Beautiful, Keep Wales Tidy and Tidy Northern Ireland until 2004, at which point they became independent devolved organisations. The Eco-Schools and Blue Flag programmes in Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland are now run independently by these devolved organisations.
See also
- Clean Up Australia
- Clean Up the World
- Keep America Beautiful
- Keep Australia Beautiful
- TIDY Northern Ireland
References
- "Contact Us". Keepbritaintidy.org. Retrieved 2012-01-04.