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Own Your Streets Day!

24/05/2010

Could you volunteer for a shift on Own Your Streets Day? As part of a team you’d be helping to spread the word that littering won’t be tolerated in Manchester, and this year we’re specifically targeting cigarette litter.

In the city centre, 90% of all litter is cigarette related so we’re joining forces with the Keep Britain Tidy Group in a bid to remind smokers to take more care.

We’ve identified a number of “Hotspots” in the city centre, particularly around business premises where staff take their breaks, and are contacting the businesses in these areas to work with them, spread the message and encourage behavioural change.

So what ARE people supposed to do with their cigarette ends? We’d like to give smokers a free “stubbi” pocket ashtray, and our Own Your Streets Day volunteers will be distributing these in some of the hotspots.

Our previous year’s Own Your Streets Day events have been great, all because of the enthusiasm of our volunteers. We want to make this year’s event bigger and better with even fewer people dropping litter, so please be there!

If you'd like to volunteer please email the Campaigns Team at campaigns.team@manchester.gov.uk