It’s your responsibility to dispose of your recycling and rubbish correctly. If caught fly-tipping, you could receive a £1000 on-the-spot fine, or £120 for littering including urinating on the street. This is called a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN).
Do the right thing with your waste
Report any street cleaning issues including public urination, fly-tips (dumped rubbish), litter, graffiti and dog mess using the Love Clean Streets app.
Support for community litter picks
We work with our partner Veolia to support safe community litter picks.
We are currently supporting residents to take part in this year’s Great British Spring Clean (GBSC). The GBSC is a UK-wide clean-up event, organised by Keep Britain Tidy, and due to run this year from 21 March to 6 April 2025.
We are able to provide Camden based residents and groups that have 'pledged to pick' with litter picks and bags for their clean up event.
Request litter picking equipment from Veolia
Whether litter picking by yourself or in a group, please make sure you follow:
Please note - Regent's Canal, Regent's Park and Hampstead Heath are not managed or maintained by Camden. We would advise you to contact the appropriate land manager first if you intend to pick litter in one of these spaces.
Clean Camden toolkits
Our community toolkits have tips on how you can help keep illegally dumped rubbish, graffiti and litter at bay in Camden.
- Clean Camden - Dumped rubbish toolkit [PDF]
- Clean Camden - Graffiti toolkit [PDF]
- Clean Camden - Litter toolkit [PDF]
Clean Camden 'dog mess' pink spray projects
We can provide cans of pink chalk spray to draw attention to dog mess that has been left in your local area. Email [email protected] with your details and to arrange collection.
Urination on the streets
Urinating in public is an offence. If you’re caught urinating on the street, you will be fined £120. In some cases, an unlimited fine can be issued.
Find public toilets in Camden, including locations that are part of the community toilet scheme.