Anti-litter campaigns

Belfast Litter Pledge

We are calling on businesses to show their support and commitment to helping us keep the streets of Belfast clean. The Belfast Litter Pledge shows your customers, staff and colleagues that you care about our city and keeping it an attractive place to live, work and visit.

How litter can affect your business or premises

As a business, it is your responsibility to keep the land around your premises litter-free. 

Litter can:

• project a negative image of your business and may be a deterrent to your customers
• damage the image of our city which could impact on investment and tourism
• lead to a legal notice, fine, or prosecution

Your business can show you care about our city by signing the Belfast Business Litter Pledge. We will provide you with a free litter kit which includes a litter pick, gloves, dustpan and brush, pocket ashtrays, a certificate and window sticker.

By signing the pledge your business will commit to:

• maintain a litter-free environment around your premises
• ensuring that your waste is presented correctly for collection and doesn’t negatively impact on our city
• encourage your staff not to litter and to advise them about the Litter Pledge
• reduce the amount of waste generated by your business and to dispose of it correctly 
• report fly-tipping to the council

Sign Belfast Litter pledge online (link opens in new window)

Or call 028 9032 0202 ext 5239. 

Belfast, help keep your city clean and tidy

Our latest advertising campaign objective is to encourage residents of and visitors to Belfast to help keep our city clean and tidy and to take pride in its appearance. You will see our new advertising campaign at bus stops, on buses, billboards, online and you will hear it on the radio.

We have litter wardens and enforcement officers operating in Belfast, and the last thing people want is to be fined £80 so we are encouraging and reminding people to put their litter in the bin.

Design a billboard challenge

If dog poo, litter or graffiti are issues around your local area or school grounds enter our design a billboard competition and make a positive impact in your community.

We are asking schools to design a billboard poster based on the theme, ‘The impact of dog fouling, graffiti or litter in our community’. We will judge all entries and choose four winners. The winning designs will be placed on a 48-sheet adverting billboard in the local area to the winning schools.

This challenge is open to all key stages in both primary and post-primary schools.

How to enter

1. Register for the competition by emailing [email protected].
2. Once we receive your confirmation of interest we will contact you to discuss the next steps, and to advise when we will deliver the materials which you should use to produce your entry.
3. The closing date for finished boards is Monday 12 May 2025. We will contact you to arrange the collection of your entries.
4. The judging panel will announce the winners no later than Monday 9 June 2025.

The winning posters will be displayed on billboards in the winners' local area.

The design a billboard challenge is part of our anti-litter and dog fouling campaigns which aim to reduce litter, graffiti and dog fouling across Belfast. 

Have you met our anti-litter gang?

We have a whole gang of anti-litter buddies. If you see our friendly Litter Pig, Steve the Sweeper or Scoop Dog out and about, having fun spreading the anti-litter message, you can get involved too.

You may also see our Singing Street Sweepers in the city centre or at events throughout the year. 

Why not get your photo taken with them and help spread the anti-litter message by sharing the pictures with your friends?

You can also email us your pictures.

Other useful contacts

• To contact Cleansing Services Customer Contact Centre, call 028 9027 0230.
• You can report litter or a street cleaning issue
• For waste management and recycling enquiries visit bins and recycling or call 0800 032 8100.
• For commercial waste enquiries call 028 9027 0735.
• For drug related litter enquiries call our Community Safety Unit on 028 9027 0469 or email [email protected]. 
• For night time and out of hours, call the Belfast City Council Departmental Emergency Phone on 07850 499 622.