Litter
Amongst the things people most value about the New Forest is its unspoilt natural beauty. For the most part, the air and streams are clean and away from the roadsides and car parks there is very little litter.
Sadly, a minority of people deliberately throw food packaging from their cars, allow pieces of plastic to blow from open-backed vehicles, leave litter in parking areas and even deliberately dump quantities of waste materials if they think they can get away with it!
The New Forest National Park Authority therefore works with partner organisations, especially the Forestry Commission and New Forest District Council, to raise awareness of the problems caused by litter and to tackle them.
Some recent and current joint initiatives are described on the ‘what’s being done’ page.
If you see excessive litter in the New Forest, please report it!
