Clean Glasgow is a campaign with a straightforward goal – to make our city and every neighbourhood within it a cleaner, safer place.
It is built on a partnership with our communities and a shared responsibility for our environment, whether we are at home or school, at work or at play.
We launched with a charter; a bargain we offered to every Glaswegian. It spelled out what Glasgow City Council would do to deliver a cleaner city, if they would help.
The deal is straightforward. Take good care of your neighbourhood. Report fly tipping, graffiti and littering. Make a difference where you live, where you go to school or where you work. We will back you.
We will clear up damage and target those that cause it. We will provide you with the tools to help you stand up for your community – whether that means a pot of paint or just time and encouragement.
Cllr Gordon Matheson, leader of Glasgow City Council said: “When we launched the Clean Glasgow campaign, we asked everyone in the city to work with the council to make our communities cleaner, safer places.
“From schoolchildren to the biggest businesses, we challenged every Glaswegian to take pride in their city; and promised to back them when they took a stand against litter, graffiti and fly posting.
“Everyone involved in Clean Glasgow knows that genuine, sustainable success means changing attitudes and behaviour – and breaking down and rebuilding what, for many of us, amounts to a lifetime of bad habits is not the work of a few months; or even a few years.”
The campaign combines a programme aimed at instilling pride in the city’s environment, alongside a clampdown on litter crime.
We have recruited thousands of volunteers to take part in local clean ups, supported by the Clean Glasgow team.
Enforcement patrols have taken to the city’s streets with the remit of charging offenders with on-the-spot fixed penalty notices.
Meanwhile, rapid response teams are located in every part of the city to tackle fly tipping and a range of other grime crimes.
However, success also relies on simple, everyday action by individuals and businesses – for example, ensuring refuse is well managed.
Cllr Matheson said: “People care deeply about litter, graffiti and dog fouling because they have a huge impact on how they view their city, their street or even their own close.
“That, above all else, is why we started the Clean Glasgow campaign – because by taking pride in a wonderful city we can make it a cleaner, better, safer place.”