Roads: Litter

(asked on 15th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to extend the use of roadside funnel bins following the trial in 2017.


Answered by
Trudy Harrison Portrait
Trudy Harrison
This question was answered on 25th October 2021

Following National Highways’ trial of roadside funnel bins in 2017 at Lymm Truckstop, a further 44 bins have been installed including at Sandbach and Maidstone Service Areas. National Highways continue to work with Motorway Service Area (MSA) operators to encourage them to install bins and trial different interventions to influence drivers to dispose of their rubbish responsibly.

More broadly, National Highways has commissioned charity Keep Britain Tidy to carry out research into littering behaviour on the Strategic Road Network (SRN). The behavioural insights and outputs from this research will be used by National Highways to implement targeted campaigns including social media campaigns, improvements to rest areas, installation of more drive-up bins, distribution of ‘pinned bins’, and engagement with families and employees.

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