Take Pride in Falkirk

Are you a business or landowner frustrated by fly-tipping occurring on your land? Or simply fed up with litter levels in your local community?🧐

Our Environmental Improvement Fund could help you tackle these issues! Awards of up to £5000 can be used to introduce security and prevention measures such as CCTV, physical barriers, and signage. 🚯📸

For more information, please visit www.falkirk.gov.uk/environmentalimprovementfund

In the UK alone, half of single-use vapes are thrown in the bin - that’s over 5 million per week 😨

Binned vapes are part of the fastest growing sources of waste in the UK: electrical waste.

Anything with a plug, battery or cable can be recycled, so make sure you never bin your vapes. Recycle ALL your vapes separately from your household waste and recycling ✅

Vapes can be recycled at our household recycling centres, or you can take them back to shops that sell them who have a legal duty to recycle them! 😁

Visit recycleyourelectricals.org.uk to find other recycling points near you.

Congratulations to Stephen Dickson - who is £100 better off after winning Falkirk Council x LitterLotto's June prize!

Stephen turned trash into cash by downloading the free LitterLotto app & submitting a photos of himself binning litter to enter the monthly prize draw!

When asked what he would say to anyone who hasn't used LitterLotto yet, Stephen replied "Give it a go! I used to get stressed and annoyed about the litter - cos it’s everywhere. I changed my attitude when I realised I can do something about it. Action is better than stressing. And then when I found LitterLotto it added a little extra with a bit of fun!"

If you haven’t already, download the LitterLotto app now to be in with a chance to win this month’s £100 prize!

For more information on LitterLotto please visit www.falkirk.gov.uk/litterlotto

⚠️🔋 Swollen Lithium Batteries 🔋⚠️

Lithium batteries are rechargeable batteries often used in electrical items such as mobile phones, vapes, tablets, and laptops. Sometimes when lithium batteries are damaged, they can swell and bulge 😟

Why is this important? Swollen lithium batteries are a fire risk and it’s important they are disposed responsibly. If you have a swollen lithium battery, do not put it in your household recycling and waste containers ❌

Take these to our Roughmute or Kinneil Kerse recycling centres where you will find specialist containers located by the meet and greet huts at the entrance to the sites ✅ If you have any questions, our recycling centre staff will more than happy to help! 😁

Have you been playing LitterLotto? Remember all you need to do is photograph yourself binning a piece of litter in a Falkirk Council street bin to be in with the chance to win £100! 🤑

11,617 pieces of litter were binned during the month of June through our LitterLotto partnership! This takes our total number to almost 19,000 since we launched the initiative in May! 😆

For more information on LitterLotto please visit www.falkirk.gov.uk/litterlotto

Our Environmental Improvement Fund is open for applications for 2024! 📣 Do you have project that will help reduce litter, fly-tipping, or dog fouling in your area? 🤔 If so, let us know about it! We have had a range of successful projects from CCTV to dog poo bag dispensers encouraging residents, businesses, and landowners to .

For more information, please visit www.falkirk.gov.uk/environmentalimprovementfund

I know we have lots of dedicated community groups and litter pickers in the area! Show your support by nominating a local superstar for Keep Scotland Beautiful's Clean Up Scotland Hero award! 🤩🤩

If you know someone who deserves a Clean Up Scotland Hero award for their work to tackle the litter emergency, we want to recognise them.

They'll receive brand new litter picking equipment from our friends at Helping Hand Environmental: https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/clean-up-scotland/do-your-bit-to-clean-up-scotland/nominate-a-hero

Fly tippers face on the spot fines of up to £500 and can end up with a criminal conviction which would mean increased fines of up to £40,000! Householders can also be held liable if there is evidence linking you to the waste! ❌

Follow these top tips when you are looking to pay to get your waste disposed to ensure this doesn't happen to you 👍

1. Ask to see a SEPA issued Waste Carriers license
2. Ask where your waste will be taken to
3. Remember, if it's cheap it may be too good to be true!

To check if your waste carrier is SEPA registered visit https://www2.sepa.org.uk/wastecarriers/

To report fly-tipping please visit https://www.falkirk.gov.uk/.../rubbish.../flytipping.aspx

Have you been playing LitterLotto this month? Remember all you need to do is photograph yourself binning a piece of litter in a Falkirk Council street bin! 👍

7346 pieces of litter were binned during the month of May through our LitterLotto partnership! 😄 We also awarded our first monthly prize of £100! 🤑

For more information on LitterLotto please visit www.falkirk.gov.uk/litterlotto

Earlier today volunteers from McDonalds Grangemouth, local community group glitter, and our wonderful waste services graduate took to the streets to undertake a litter pick! 🥳

Over 20 bags of litter was collected, an incredible effort from these superstars! 🤩

If you are interested in holding a litter pick in your local community, please visit https://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/bins-rubbish-recycling/rubbish-litter/cleanups.aspx

Are you looking to visit one of the councils recycling centres? Did you know you have to book a slot to enter? 🧐

You can obtain your e-permit & book online using the following link https://www.falkirk.gov.uk/places/recycling-centres/ 🌐

You will need to bring valid ID to the recycling centre for proof of residency, these include a current driving license, council tax/utility bill, or a passport ✅

Results are in from & Falkirk Council have been ranked within the top 10 performing Councils 🥳

A massive thank you to all our dedicated residents, community groups, and schools who took part over the 6 week campaign, you have helped make such a difference in your local community 👏🤩

Falkirk Council residents litter pick their way into national spring clean top ten

Are you unsure of what bin to put a certain item in? We have a section on our website that is your one stop shop for information! ✅

Check it out at https://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/bins-rubbish-recycling/household-waste/what-goes-in-my-bins/recycling-tool.aspx

With the sun forecast to return over the weekend are you thinking of doing a little gardening? 🧐

Remember, you must display a yellow 2024/25 garden waste permit on your brown bin or it won't be emptied! 🚨

Bins are emptied every 4 weeks until November, before moving to an on-demand service between December and March ✅

Permits can be purchased via MyFalkirk and www.falkirk.gov.uk/brownbin 🌿

We have introduced eye-catching anti-flytipping livery onto some of our bin lorries! This is to remind people to check who they pay to take their rubbish away! ✅

Fly tippers face fines of up to £500 and can end up with a criminal conviction. ❌

Top tips:
1. Ask to see a SEPA issued Waste Carriers licence
2. Ask where your waste will be taken to
3. Remember, if it's cheap it may be too good to be true!

To check if your waste carrier is SEPA registered visit https://www2.sepa.org.uk/wastecarriers/

To report fly-tipping please visit https://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/bins-rubbish-recycling/rubbish-litter/flytipping.aspx

Have you downloaded the LitterLotto app yet?? If not, you are missing out on the chance to be entered into the Council's £100 monthly prize draw, as well as the UK-wide weekly £1000 jackpot 🤑

Remember, all you need to do is take a pic of your rubbish being placed in the bin for the chance win! The more entries, the higher your chance of winning 👍

For more information please visit www.falkirk.gov.uk/litterlotto

Did you know we can support your local litter picking efforts by suggesting key, safe, locations for you to hold your event? 😁

Contact us at [email protected] and we will provide you with a map highlighting these key areas so you can have peace of mind the area you are planning to litter pick is safe to do so! ✅

We can also support by:

• supplying litter-picking equipment
• offering advice for risk assessments
• providing Public Liability Insurance cover
• arranging for the collected litter to be uplifted

Register your litter pick here: https://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/bins-rubbish-recycling/rubbish-litter/cleanups.aspx

Amazing work! Well done everyone 🤩

Yesterday, our Education Officer teamed up with Sacred Heart Primary School to undertake a whole-school litter pick! Throughout the day each class took their turn to help tidy their local community and school grounds! Throughout the day over 20 bags of litter were collected, an incredible effort 🥳 Well done everyone, you are superstars! 🤩

You could win cash by binning your trash! 🤑

With our new initiative, LitterLotto, each month, a prize draw will see one lucky person chosen at random to win the £100 Council-wide cash prize. You will also be put into further cash prize draws, such as the weekly LitterLotto UK £1000 pot! 💵

To enter, simply download the LitterLotto app onto your phone, take a pic of yourself binning litter into a local bin and upload it onto the app. It's that simple! 👍

Remember, you've got to bin it to win it! 🚯

For more information please visit www.falkirk.gov.uk/LitterLotto

Our Education Officer has been supporting pupil's from St Joseph's and Antonine Primary School with their litter campaign! 😁 Following a litter survey it was clear the path between the two schools was impacting on their right to play safely and for a clean and healthy environment! 😡

We have undertaken a litter pick, made posters and last week made dog bag dispensers to put up in the local community to help tackle the issue 🥳

A fantastic campaign by these incredible pupil's! 😁

Bonnybridge primaries St Joseph's and Antonine link up to get the clean up streets message across Youngsters in Bonnybridge are working together to clean up their neighbourhood.

In the UK alone, half of single-use vapes are thrown in the bin - that’s over 5 million per week 🤯

Did you know vapes contain batteries hidden within them? When single-use or rechargeable vapes are binned or incorrectly disposed of, they can get crushed or damaged in bin lorries and recycling centres and start fires 🔥

By law, all retailers who sell vapes must now provide a recycling facility for consumers to bring back used or unwanted vapes! You can also take these to our Kinneil & Roughmute recycling centres! 👍

Make sure you are disposing of your vapes correctly and safely ✅

Visit recycleyourelectricals.org.uk to find other recycling points near you.

On Saturday we attended the STEM event at Helix Park! It was great getting to speak to so many residents about all things waste and recycling 😁 Our decomposition quiz, in particular, went down a storm with lots of great discussions! We will be at Muiravonside Country Park on Saturday 18th May so pop along if you missed us! 🤩

Heading out for a walk over the weekend? It's to be toasty 🔥

Why not download the LitterLotto app and take a pic of your rubbish being placed in the bin for the chance to be entered into our Council-wide £100 monthly prize draw 🤑 It doesn't stop there - you will also be entered into the weekly LitterLotto UK £1000 pot! 💵

Sound good? Remember, all you need to do is bin it to win it! 👏

For more information on LitterLotto please visit www.falkirk.gov.uk/litterlotto

Our ⭐️Clean Street Champion Award⭐️ goes to those who keep their local areas and premises clean and tidy from litter.

We recognise the incredible work that goes into encouraging those to take pride in their local areas and our Clean Street Champions showcase just that! 🤩

Know somebody or a local business that deserves the award? Then email us at [email protected] with a description why!

For more information visit: www.falkirk.gov.uk/cleanmyspace

With nice weather forecast over the next couple of days you might be thinking of pottering around in your garden, but are you prepared? 🧐

Remember, you must display a yellow 2024/25 garden waste permit on your brown bin or it won't be emptied! 🚨

Bins are emptied every 4 weeks until November, before moving to an on-demand service between December and March ✅

Permits can be purchased via MyFalkirk and www.falkirk.gov.uk/brownbin 🌿

It may be the bank holiday weekend, but there are no amendments to bin collections 🥳

Falkirk Council residents who have a bin collection due on Monday 6th May 2024 should present it as normal. ✅

🚨 From today (1st May), you must display a yellow 2024/25 garden waste permit on your brown bin or it won't be emptied! Bins being presented without the new permit will be tagged with the tag below 🚨

Permits can be purchased via MyFalkirk and www.falkirk.gov.uk/brownbin 🌿

£45 per permit, per bin ✅