The Tidy Tamworth campaign covers many areas that the residents of Tamworth have highlighted as a concern. 'Tidy Tamworth' will bring these issues together to work on making Tamworth a cleaner, greener more floral town, focusing various resources currently available.

For more information please see the main focus points of the campaign below.

Street wardens and Enforcement

As part of the new campaign, street wardens will have enforcement powers; which means they could issue people with a fixed penalty notice for £80 for dropping litter or £50 for dog fouling.

Failure to pay the fixed penalty could lead to prosecution.

‘Get Behind Us’ is part of the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign, urging people to take responsibility for their litter and to dispose of it be the correct means.

Street wardens will also be educating people about litter and youngsters will be given the opportunity to take part in litter picks, in lieu of penalty payments.

Street wardens currently carry out an education programme in schools across the borough to help drive the message home to the children and their parents about littering.

Litter

Every week, Borough Council Street Scene staff collect more than 200 bags of litter from the streets alone. This is equal to 215 tonnes a year – the weight of 50 African elephants - and costs in region of £1 million nationally every year to clean up.

Recent surveys carried out by the Borough Council revealed that 52% of people felt litter was a problem in Tamworth, while 89% of residents supported a proactive approach to environmental crime.

Dog fouling

Dog fouling is not only a health hazard but is also very anti social. Under the 'Dogs Fouling of Land Act 1996' it is an offence for any person in charge of a dog not to remove any faeces deposited by a dog in their charge, anyone found guilty of this offence may be prosecuted with a maximum fine of £1000.

Fly Tipping

Fly-tipping is a serious criminal offence and anyone, including householders, caught disposing of their waste unlawfully can be prosecuted under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The maximum penalty is a fine of £50,000 and/or twelve months imprisonment. If a prosecution is taken to Crown Court the fines can be unlimited and/or imprisonment of up to five years and if hazardous waste is dumped, such as asbestos, a prison sentence of up to five years can be imposed.

Fly Posting

Display of advertising material on buildings and street furniture without the consent of the owner and contrary to the provisions of the appropriate legislation’. In simple terms they are illegal advertisements which can saturate an area within a matter of hours. If no prior consent has been given, the signs can be removed immediately and fixed penalty notices may be issued.

Business litter Pledge

Waste from businesses in Tamworth has various areas, from the litter produced in the streets like chip shop paper to the waste from the running of the business. This is all monitored in Tamworth. With the Business litter pledge this will ensure that not only are all the businesses compliant with national legislation but it will actively encourage business to take part in improving the local environment.

Community involvement

Get involved yourself and take part in your community. Big Tidy up events and community litter picks are frequently being run. Recently one of the events run was the 'river clearance project' which involved residents and organisations.

The public can also ‘Get Behind Us’ by reporting littering – especially from cars – and dog fouling by phoning 01827 709709.

Report any information you have regarding littering and fouling with as much detail as possible. For example if littering from a vehicle has taken place, note the registration number of the vehicle, make and model, time and date and description of what the litter was along with the offenders description if seen. If reporting dog fouling, is this a regular occurrence and could you tell us when we would expect to find the offender? 

Alternatively it can be reported online by clicking on the Report It Online button on the right.