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Support CPRE's 'Stop the Drop' Campaign

Find out what you can do to support CPRE’s Stop the Drop campaign. The Stop the Drop campaign tackles the litter and fly-tipping problem that is despoiling our beautiful countryside. It’s headed by CPRE's President and author Bill Bryson, a passionate anti-litter campaigner and champion of the countryside.

Image & link to CPRE's 'Stop the Drop': Litter and Fly-Tipping CampaignYou can support the campaign by pledging to Stop the Drop. You can take action by lobbying local authorities, Government and other bodies legally responsible for keeping land litter-free.

You can help make a difference and demonstrate to Government and other authorities the strength of support behind Stop the Drop.
Visit the National CPRE website for more information.

Reporting litter and fly-tipping

Local authorities
Local authorities (district councils, county councils, unitary authorities and London boroughs) are responsible for all public land and roads within their boundary except for the motorways and major trunk roads for which the Highways Agency is responsible.

Contact - This depends on each authority.

  • Sheffield CC 0114 203 7410 or 0114 203 7411. Also Streetforce 273 4567 (highways tipping) streetforce@sheffield.gov.uk
  • Doncaster MBC 01302 736050 customer.services@doncaster.gov.uk
  • Barnsley MBC 01226 775656 eru@barnsley.gov.uk
  • Rotherham MBC 01709 336003 streetpride@rotherham.gov.uk
  • High Peak BC 0845 129 7777 or 01298 28400 email via on-line form
  • Derbyshire Dales DC 01629 761212 envhealth@derbyshiredales.gov.uk
  • N E Derbyshire DC 01246 217600 email via on-line form
  • Derbyshire CC 08 456 058 058 no email available
  • Peak Park 01629 816200


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Highways Agency
The Highways Agency is responsible for the tidiness of all motorways and major trunk roads. These are listed on the Highways Agency’s network map www.highways.gov.uk; search for ‘road network map’ and click on the second search result.

Contact - Complaints about litter or fly-tipping can be made to the Highways Agency Information Line 0845 750 40 30. If you see a driver throwing litter out of a car window, make a note of the number plate and call the local police. The police can issue a fine of £75 or more.

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Network Rail
Responsible for all railway land in urban areas and all land between the tracks, as well as up to 100 metres from the end of the platform.

Network Rail are responsible for seventeen key railway stations (Birmingham New Street, London Cannon Street, London Charing Cross, Edinburgh Waverley, London Euston, London Fenchurch Street, Gatwick, Glasgow Central, London King’s Cross, Leeds, Liverpool Lime Street, London Liverpool Street, London Bridge, Manchester Piccadilly, London Paddington, London Victoria and London Waterloo).

The remaining 2,500 stations are managed by the train operating companies.

Contact - Please call the National Rail Helpline 08457 11 41 11 if you have complaints about the level of litter on the stations managed by National Rail. Contact the train operating companies for the remaining 2,500 stations.

  • Sheffield & Chesterfield Stations East Midlands Trains, Freepost DY940, Derby. DE1 9BR 08457 125678 getintouch@eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
  • Hope Valley Stations, Dronfield, South Yorks, Northern Rail Ltd, Customer Relations, PO Box 208, Leeds LS1 2BU 0845 00 00 125customer.relations@northernrail.org

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Environment Agency
Responsible for large-scale incidents of fly-tipping (more than a lorry load), hazardous waste in drums, and waste dumped in a way that is a threat to human health or to the environment.

Contact - Incidents can be reported 24 hours a day on 0800 807 060. The Environment Agency also investigates unregistered waste carriers and brokers. To ensure your tradesman or skip hire is a registered waste carrier, call 08708 506 506.

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National Trust
Responsible for the land and property the Trust owns and maintains.

Contact - Litter problems should be reported to the National Trust regional offices – East Midlands 01909 486411, Yorkshire, Teeside and North Lincolnshire 01904 702021 or head office 01793 817 400.

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Forestry Commission
Responsible for land managed by Forest Enterprise England.

Contact - Please contact the relevant Forest District Office to report litter problems. For contact information visit www.forestry.gov.uk, search for ‘district office details’ and click on the ‘Local Offices’ link.

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National Parks Authorities
All land falling within National Park boundaries.

Contact - Please contact the appropriate National Park Authority if you have complaints or concerns. See www.nationalparks.gov.uk/contactus for further details.

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