Here is a selection of pictures dating back to the beginning of the 1990s when a certain Prime Minister came a visiting.
21. BTCV and Keep Britain Tidy supplied trees to Friends of Ashton who planted trees with school children from St Thomas's Primary School
. Photo: Paul Greenwood
22. Don't be a litter pig! Pupils from St Mark's CE Primary School, Newtown, promoted the anti-litter poster campaign at Encams headquarters at Wigan Pier with Coun David Molyneux, Council Cabinet member for the environment, Nick Burdekin and Ellen Belshaw, from the Environmental Education Team, Jon Bilsborough, from Neighbourhood Services, and Louise Marsden, marketing manager of Keep Britain Tidy
. Photo: NF
23. Members of the Tidy Business Group after the Big Tidy Up litter pick, done as part of the Gold Award for the Tidy Business Awards, with staff from the Keep Britain Tidy Group and Wigan Council and their haul of rubbish in Market Place
. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST
24. Community anti-litter stalwart John Belshaw from Whelley had his efforts rewarded by the Keep Britain Tidy campaign who gave him a highly commended certifiacte at a prize-giving ceremony in Bournemouth
. Photo: Paul Greenwood