Photograph
All you need is your phone! Download Litterati and join our in-app challenge with the code PICUP-PPE. Find discarded gloves and masks in your area and photograph them with the app. If you feel comfortable, pick up and dispose of the items safely.
Donate
Head to our JustGiving page to donate. We’re aiming to raise £1 for each item of PPE litter we find. When we reach our target of £2500, we’ll donate it all to NHS Charities Together to help those fighting COVID-19 on the front line.
How far we've come...
Pieces of Litter Collected!
...and where we're headed!
Once we have collected all the photos we’ll build a photomosaic.
Check out the one we did last year!
About us
PicUp are a London based environmental community project committed to creating a culture where people take responsibility for litter. Through encouraging people to take small actions, our vision is a world where it is as rare to find a piece of litter on the ground as it is to find a £50 note.
In light of the recent Covid19 pandemic, we are facing a new form of litter. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is cropping up everywhere in our environment. We have launched a new challenge on Litterati to encourage people to document and (where safely possible) pick up items of PPE.
Our target is 2500 pictures and our goal is to donate £1 to the NHS for every photo submitted.
Our goals
Awareness
This is our environment. How we treat it as individuals affects us all. Awareness of our own actions is the first step in transforming those actions.
Community
Bringing people together around a common cause - the space we share as a community!
Education
Where it all begins. As well as awareness around litter, education on how litter can be avoided in the first place it vital.
Latest on the blog
A new challenge. PicUp: PPE
What we’re doing. In light of the Covid19 pandemic, we are facing a new form of litter. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is cropping up everywhere in our environment. We’ve launching a new challenge on Litterati to encourage people to document and (where safely possible) pick up items of PPE. An additional goal is to donate […]
We did it!
After almost a year since the start of the project, we have created and exhibited our first image. The final image is comprised of 1,969 photos sourced primarily from the PicUpForLondon club on the Litterati app, but also Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and direct mail. Top 5 litter tags: Plastic Wrapper Can Bottle Cigarrette We were […]
Mock ups
Here are some examples of that kind of images we could create. Which are your favourites? What other landmarks would be good to include?
We need your help!
I would like to hear from anyone who has experience in the planning, application for, and administration around public art installations in Hackney! We have over 1000 photos submitted (out of approximately 3000 needed). The lovely people over at Pollytiles are on board to create the artwork once the photos are submitted. Now I need […]