So, what can you do if you are a civil society or not for profit organisation?

Here are some suggestions on what you could do to meet the Love Where You Live principles...

1. Encourage personal responsibility and positive action

> Sign up to the Love Where You Live principles and share through the website what you will do to bring those principles to life and to help reduce littering

2. Take responsibility for keeping your own immediate area clean

> Encourage staff and your members to dispose of litter responsibly

> Encourage communities you work with to get directly involved in taking responsibility for improving their neighbourhood through tidy ups etc.

3. Work in partnership with neighbours to reduce litter

> Use the Love Where You Live website to discover what others are doing and how you can learn from their experiences

> Approach businesses and local authorities to encourage them to engage with you in anti-litter activities

> Make it easy for others to contact you on issues surrounding litter

4. Raise awareness and education about the prevention of littering

> Endorse the Love Where You Live message and adopt the branding on your promotional materials, website etc.

> Support education campaigns in local education establishments

5. Make it easy for people not to drop litter

> Provide bins and recycling facilities on your premises or work in partnership with others

6. Become an active ambassador for clean places throughout England and the UK

> Use the Love Where You Live website to encourage staff and residents to sign up to the litter commitments

> Spread the word about Love Where You Live among your neighbours and encourage them to sign up to the principles too

> Use your own website to promote Love Where You Live

What more can you think of to achieve the Love Where You Live principles?

> We are looking for innovative and inspiring initiatives to tackle litter. Share your ideas and help others to reduce litter too.