Behavioural Change

Environmental Services

MISSION STATEMENT

“ To make Bolton’s local areas cleaner, safer and greener places that local people own, are proud of and in which they want to spend their time. ”

WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME?

• Litter• Domestic waste• Dog fouling• Commercial waste• Fly-tipping• Graffiti• Fly-posting

Range of issues

Behavioural Change Campaign

Overall Love Bolton hate litter strives to achieve:

Improve local environment quality of Bolton

Raise awareness of the main environmental issues that affect

Bolton’s local environmental quality

Bring communities together through a shared environmental focus

Create a cleaner Bolton

Long term reduction on street cleansing costs

Back Street Waste

Future campaigns to tackle back street dumping are planned.

This activity is a blight on Bolton's environment, and is costing the Authority hundreds of thousands of pounds to deal with each year.

Working in partnership with Neighbourhood Managers, a campaign will be rolled out to educate residents in some of the towns most challenging areas

Back Street Waste/Fly-tipping

Fly-tipping is any waste that is not contained in your wheeled bin.

You can be fined or prosecuted for placing loose waste in the back street

Loose refuse makes local areas look untidy and uncared for

 

Loose refuse attracts vermin such as rats and pigeons

Cleaning up fly tipping costs taxpayers in money and time

Attracts arson and further fly tipping

It is estimated the dog populationof the UK is 8 million, producing around 1000 tonnes of dog excrement per day.

The majority of owners behave responsibly and pick after their dogs. However, dog mess left by a minority of irresponsible owners is often the cause of complaints to the local Councils

Dog Fouling

Why is Dog Fouling a problem

Dog fouling carries a risk of infection and disease

‘TOXOCARA’ is serious eye disorder that can lead to blindness, especially in young children

Public Health risk (which can lead to serious illness) and affects peoples quality of life

Most offensive form of litter

The Fouling of Land by Dogs (The Borough Council of Bolton) Order 2007

• All highways in the borough• Footpaths, bridleways and carriageways whether adopted or un-adopted.• Land owned or managed by Bolton Council, within the geographical boundary of

Bolton

• These include:

• Country Parks• Sports Playing Fields• Amenity Areas• Open Spaces• Parks• Children’s Play Areas• Recreation Areas

                                

The ProblemDomestic Waste Receptacle Enforcement

Litter caused by overflowing or vandalised bins

Unsightly back streets and theft of wheelie bins

Litter and pest control issues from residual bagged side waste

Bins discarded on the streets reducing cleansing activity and performance

Bin fires

Non participation in recycling schemes with potential LATs penalties

Obstruction for disabled residents

The Consequences Domestic Waste Receptacle Enforcement

Did you know...

Each bin fire has extensive financial impact on the community

Bin fires can result in a loss of life

The Fire Service may not be able to attend other serious incidents quickly if time is spent putting out bin fires.

Bin fires are on the increase in Bolton

Bin Fires

• 23 bin wagons carrying the fire safety message

• Strong partnership working with Greater Manchester Fire & Police to raise awareness of the dangers

• Bin fire leaflets and wheelie bin stickers

What is Litter?

Litter is caused by people, and can refer to anything from a crisp packet or cigarette butt to a bag of rubbish.

All litter is unsightly and makes our local areas look untidy and uncared for.

Common things seen as litter include fast-food packaging, sweet wrappers, drinks cans, bottles and smoking related litter.

Litter

• Litter does not clean itself away! • It can take years to degrade • It can harm wildlife and habitats • It can contribute to crime and make

people feel less safe (Stats)• It can discourage people from investing in

areas • It can attract pigeons and vermin such as

rats • It is a criminal offence to drop litter and

you could be fined

Future Initiatives – Takeaway Waste

As people live busier lives, work later and eat on the move more frequently, they also drop more litter. With Bolton’s thriving night time economy also adding to this problem, consumer patterns increasingly take place over a 24 hour period.

The Council is intending to create a ‘Voluntary Code of Practice’ for reducing litter caused by food on the go establishments throughout Bolton

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