Manifesto for a cleaner and greener country

Research from Keep Britain Tidy shows that local environmental issues - litter, fly-tipping, plastic pollution, parks - are a priority for voters.

With that in mind, Keep Britain Tidy has producedits own manifesto - a challenge to the next government to take action to tackle environmental pollution and create a cleaner and greener country where everyone can be proud to say they ‘Love where they Live’. The group has sent it to every MP in the country.

Keep Britain Tidy maintains the next government must ensure that national legislation and organisations are able to both protect and improve our precious environment and resources now and for generations to come.

The UK was the birthplace of the formal public park, a legacy that has been replicated around the world. We now have an opportunity to put parks and open spaces at the heart of a preventative health care strategy, recognising them as essential national infrastructure.

Keep Britain Tidy believes that the next government to protect parks for future generations with a statutory duty to manage them to the Green Flag Award standard, making specific funding available to local authorities to achieve this.

Greta Thunberg’s stand on climate change has demonstrated how the actions of one young person can translate into a worldwide movement. All schools in England have the potential to become more sustainable and harness the talents of millions of young people, enabling them to become the green business leaders, policy-makers and sustainable consumers of the future.

It is asking the future administration to champion a mission to support all schools across England in achieving Green Flag Eco-School status.

Keep Britain Tidy wants the next government to ensure that a future Environment Act provides at least an equivalent level of environmental protection to that which currently exists in the EU and provides opportunities to go beyond these measures. Supported by an Office of Environmental Protection that is independent, accountable to parliament and with sufficient enforcement powers, equivalent to those of the European Commission.

It is also asking the next government to ensure that Extended Producer Responsibility applies to cigarette manufacturers, in addition to fast food, snack and confectionery packaging, and instigate an all-in Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers before the proposed 2023 implementation date. And it wants a shift the cost of dealing with waste from local authorities to manufacturers, develop a clear action plan to eradicate fly-tipping and implement new targets aimed at improving resource efficiency, while setting an ambitious national recycling target of at least 70% by 2030.

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