This year’s Keep Torfaen Tidy Spring Clean aims to be our biggest one yet!
As well as 10 organised litter-picks, 12 schools will be holding litter picks as part of our Litter-Free Active Travel Zones initiative, and businesses signed up as Litter Free Zones will be carrying out their own clean-ups.
Councillor Mandy Owen, Executive Member for the Environment, said: "We’re hoping Keep Torfaen Tidy Spring Clean 2025 will be the biggest one yet and you can get involved.
“You can volunteer at one of our organised litter picking events, join your local litter picking club or carry out your own litter pick by borrowing free equipment from our litter picking hubs.
“Litter is a blight on our local environment and endangers wildlife. We hope by working together we can improve our communities and reduce the problems caused by litter.”
Keep Torfaen Tidy Spring Clean 2025 events run between Monday 10 March and Friday 14 March.
Five of the locations are accessible for people with mobility issues.
If you would like to take part in an event, come along and register on the day. Please come prepared for the weather and have gloves and sturdy footwear. Litter picking equipment will be supplied.
For details of volunteer litter-picking groups, visit the Torfaen Greener Cleaner Volunteers (opens in new tab) Facebook group.
Alternatively, you can organise your own event and borrow litter-picking equipment for free from your nearest litter picking hubs. (opens in new tab)
Keep Torfaen Tidy Spring Clean 2025 events
Date: Monday 10 March
Time: 10am – 11:30am
Location: Blaenavon town centre
Meeting place: Blaenavon Workmen’s Hall
Date: Monday 10 March
Time: 1pm – 2:30pm
Location: Garn Lakes (accessible)
Meeting place: Garn Yr Erw Car Park
Date: Tuesday 11 March
Time: 10am – 11:30am
Location: Pontypool Park (accessible)
Meeting place: Outside the Active Living Leisure Centre
Date: Tuesday 11 March
Time: 1pm – 2:30pm
Location: Pontypool town centre
Meeting place: Pontypool Indoor Market (Commercial Street Entrance)
Date: Wednesday 12 March
Time: 10am – 11:30pm
Location: Woodland Road fields (accessible)
Meeting place: Woodland Road Sports and Social Club
Date: Wednesday 12 March
Time: 1pm-2:30pm
Location: Springvale woods
Meeting place: Outside Afon Plumbing and Bathrooms
Date: Thursday 13 March
Time: 10am – 11:30pm
Location: Northfields (accessible)
Meeting place: The Olive Tree pub
Date: Thursday 13 March
Time: 1pm-2:30pm
Location: Llantarnam ponds
Meeting place: Lake View
Date: Friday 14 March
Time: 10am – 11:30pm
Location: Tirpentwys Local Nature Reserve
Meeting place: The reserve car park
Date: Friday 14 March
Time: 1pm-2:30pm
Location: Cwmbran Boating Lake (accessible)
Meeting place: Boating lake cafe