Chelmsford residents name new street care vehicles
30 October 2026Residents name Chelmsford’s newest street care vehicles, helping celebrate investment in cleaner streets and public spaces.
Volunteers help keep Chelmsford's rivers clean
On Saturday 8 June, residents and community groups volunteered their time to help clean up Chelmsford's rivers and the surrounding areas.
Volunteer for the Chelmsford river clean up
A community event to clean up Chelmsford’s rivers is taking place on Saturday 8 June at 9am.
Increased fines of up to £1,000 for environmental crimes
People caught committing littering, graffiti and fly tipping offences in Chelmsford will now face fines between £500–£1,000.
Litter is no small problem
Giant sculptures of litter have arrived in Chelmsford as part of an anti-litter campaign to highlight that ‘litter is no small problem’.
Over 100 abandoned shopping trolleys found during Chelmsford river clean-up
Over the past couple of weeks, Chelmsford City Council have worked hard cleaning up litter from the waterways in the city centre.
Anti-littering campaign aimed at motorists launched
Chelmsford City Council has joined forces with other local authorities across Essex for the 2022 Love Essex anti-littering campaign.
Volunteers join river clean up
Over 150 volunteers turned up for a Spring River Clean Up event to reduce pollution and protect local wildlife habitat and waterways.
Join in with Chelmsford’s Big Clean-Up
Saturday 18 September is World-Clean-up Day which is a chance for everyone to give their local environment some much-needed TLC.