Highways England's Litter Strategy
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Litter strategy Our approach Introduction Litter is a serious issue. It harms the environment, upsets our customers and damages our reputation. It also puts our people at risk when they have to collect it and it diverts time and money that’s better spent on improving the road network. Our vision is for ‘a network predominantly free from litter, without compromising safety and delivered affordably’. This strategy describes how we will achieve this by discouraging littering, improving how we collect litter, being more responsive to customer feedback and by working with our partners. It has been developed in consultation with government departments, local authorities, suppliers and other organisations. It forms part of the wider government strategy on litter as set out in Defra’s Litter Strategy for England. Our responsibilities We are responsible for litter collection on motorways and some trunk roads. Local authorities manage litter collection on the rest of the roads in England. Our network is shown in the map on the following page. Responsibility for clearing litter Motorways and trunk roads for which responsibility for clearing litter lies with from motorways and trunk roads Highways England Trunk roads for which responsibility for clearing litter lies with local authorities A1 A19 A69 Newcastle upon Tyne Carlisle A1 Sunderland M6 A1(M) A66 Middlesbrough A595 A174 A66 A66 A19 A590 A1(M) A64 A585 M6 Yo r k Leeds M1 Irish Sea M55 M65 M606 M621 Kingston upon Hull M62 A63 Preston A56 M62 A1 M61 A180 North Sea M58 M1 Grimsby A628 M18 Manchester M180 Liverpool A616 ( ) M57 A1 M M62 M60 Sheffield M53 A556 M56 A46 Lincoln M6 A1 A55 A500 M1 Stoke-on-Trent A38 Nottingham A52 Derby A50 A453 A483 A5 A38 A42 A46 Norwich M54 A47 A47 A458 A5 M42 Leicester M6 Toll A1 A12 M6 M69 Peterborough M6 Birmingham A5 A1(M) A11 A14 M5 M42 Coventry A14 M45 M1 A45 A14 A49 A428 Cambridge Worcester A5 A46 A421 A11 Ipswich A1 M40 A14 A12 M50 A43 Milton Keynes A120 A40 M1 A1(M) A120 A5 A417 A40 Gloucester Oxford M11 M25 M5 A34 M40 A12 M48 A419 Swindon Southend-on-Sea M4 M4 A404 A13 M4 Reading London Bristol M32 M4 M2 A249 A34 M26 A2 A36 M25 M5 A303 M3 M20 M23 A3 Crawley A20 A21 A36 Folkestone A303 A23 A259 A31 Yeovil M27 A3(M) A27 A27 A259 Exeter Brighton A30 A30 Portsmouth A35 Torquay Plymouth A38 A30 English Channel 0 kilometres 60 0 miles 40 © Crown copyright and database rights 2020 OS 100030649 Highways England creative MCR19_0231 Responsibility for clearing litter Motorways and trunk roads for which Delivering our strategy responsibility for clearing litter lies with from motorways and trunk roads Highways England Trunk roads for which responsibility for clearing litter lies with local authorities A network predominantly free from litter, without compromising safety and delivered affordably Vision statement A1 Reduce the need for litter picking and collection and deliver an effective litter clearing service A19 A69 Newcastle upon Tyne Carlisle A1 Sunderland Strategic goal M6 A1(M) A66 Middlesbrough A595 A174 A66 A66 A19 A590 A1(M) Improve Seek and respond Influence littering operational Improve partnership A64 to customer behaviour delivery and asset working M6 feedback A585 Yo r k maintenance Leeds M1 Irish Sea M55 M65 M606 M621 Kingston upon Hull M62 A63 Preston A56 M62 A1 M61 North Sea Workstreams A180 M58 M1 Grimsby A628 M18 Manchester M180 Liverpool A616 ( ) M57 A1 M M62 M60 Sheffield M53 A556 M56 A46 The 4 ways we’ll deliver our strategy to reduce the need for litter picking and deliver an effective litter Lincoln M6 A1 A55 clearing service are: A500 M1 Stoke-on-Trent A38 Nottingham A52 1. Influence littering behaviour Derby A50 A453 2. Improve operational delivery and asset maintenance A483 A5 A38 A42 A46 Norwich M54 A47 A47 A458 3. Seek and respond to customer feedback A5 M42 Leicester M6 Toll A1 A12 M6 M69 Peterborough 4. Improve partnership working M6 Birmingham A5 A1(M) A11 A14 M5 M42 Coventry A14 M45 M1 A45 A14 A49 A428 Cambridge Worcester A5 A46 A421 A11 Ipswich 1. Influence littering 2. Improve operational A1 M40 A14 A12 M50 A43 Milton behaviour delivery and asset Keynes A120 A40 M1 A1(M) A120 A5 A417 A40 Gloucester maintenance Oxford M11 M25 We will run communications campaigns, and M5 A34 M40 A12 M48 A419 Swindon Southend-on-Sea support those of our partners, to persuade road We’re improving the effectiveness of our litter M4 M4 A404 A13 M4 Reading London users and the wider public to take responsibility Bristol M32 picking by getting better at quantifying, tracking M4 M2 A249 for their own litter. We’ll adapt our messages A34 and reporting the work we do. We’ll continue M26 A2 A36 M25 M5 A303 M3 M20 M23 for different road users and different littering managing our performance to ensure that litter A3 Crawley A20 A21 A36 Folkestone behaviour. Our messages will educate the public picking is carried out to the appropriate standard A303 A23 A259 A31 about the impact of littering but they will also Yeovil M27 A3(M) A27 without compromising the safety of road users A27 A259 Exeter Brighton communicate the greater chance of being caught and road workers. A30 A30 Portsmouth A35 littering and the increased fixed penalties for doing so. Torquay Plymouth A38 A30 English Channel 0 kilometres 60 0 miles 40 © Crown copyright and database rights 2020 OS 100030649 Highways England creative MCR19_0231 3. Seek and respond to 4. Improve partnership customer feedback working We gather customer feedback about litter in We’ll continue working with local authorities to a number of ways. It is included in monthly co-ordinate litter picking with routine maintenance customer satisfaction surveys, conducted at work to minimise disruption to road users. national and regional level. We encourage We’re also sharing knowledge and best practice customer comment via phone, mail and our with organisations like Keep Britain Tidy and social media channels and we conduct extensive motorway service area operators and working research to understand customer attitudes on with them on joint initiatives and information all aspects of our service and performance campaigns. We’ll further extend the scope including litter collection. Transport Focus is an of such collaborative working arrangements; independent watchdog representing the interests developing agreements with other key of road users and we’ll continue to take their stakeholders, including local authorities and the views into account. We’ll use all this feedback freight and road haulage industry, to help reduce to check whether the work we are doing is the need for litter picking on our network. noticed by customers and whether it meets their expectations. © Crown copyright 2020. Highways England creative job number MCR19_0231 You may re-use this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or *Calls to 03 numbers cost no more than a national rate call to an 01 or 02 number and medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence: must count towards any inclusive minutes in the same way as 01 and 02 calls. visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ These rules apply to calls from any type of line including mobile, BT, other fixed line or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, payphone. Calls may be recorded or monitored. London TW9 4DU, or email [email protected]. Printed on paper from well-managed forests and other controlled sources. This document is also available on our website at www.highways.gov.uk If you have any enquiries about this publication email [email protected] Registered office Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford GU1 4LZ or call 0300 123 5000*. Please quote the Highways England publications code PR81/17. Highways England Company Limited registered in England and Wales number 09346363 Appendix A2. All-purpose trunk roads with retained litter clearing duties contracted by Responsibility for clearing litter from Highways England to Design Build Finance motorways and APTRs and Operate (DBFO) concessionaires: A1 From its junction with the A1(M) Junction 1 to There are several pieces of legislation allocating the boundary between the Borough of Hertsmere responsibility for refuse collection on motorways and the London Borough of Barnet. and trunk roads: A2 From its junction with the M25 Motorway at The Highways Act 1980 provides for Statutory junction 2 to the boundary between the Borough Instruments to enable a stretch of road and slip of Dartford and the London Borough of Bexley. road to be designated as a ‘special road’ (i.e. a motorway). A3 From its junction with the B2039 to the The Environmental Protection Act 1990 makes boundary between the Borough of Elmbridge and a distinction between special roads, which are the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. the responsibility of the Secretary of State; and A13 From its junction with the A1089 trunk road to trunk roads, which are the responsibility of the the boundary between the Borough of Thurrock local authority. and the London Borough of Havering. There are some exceptions to a small number A14 From a point 420 metres south east of its of roads where the Environmental Protection Act junction with Rusts Lane to its junction with the 1990 allows the Secretary of State to transfer A1 trunk road. responsibilities. The following table lists those sections of trunk roads where Highways England A19 From its junction with the A168 road at Thirsk retains the responsibility for sweeping and to the roundabout at the junction with the A185 cleaning.