Terms & Conditions

These terms apply to all visitors and users of LitterLink, including account holders, event organisers, event participants, group creators, and applicants for Verified Organiser status.

By accessing or using LitterLink, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

If you use LitterLink on behalf of an organisation, group, school, charity, or business, you confirm that you have authority to bind that organisation to these terms.

• You must be legally capable of agreeing to these terms. If you are under 18, a parent or guardian should review these terms with you and supervise your participation where appropriate.
• You must provide accurate information when creating an account, profile, event, group, or organiser application.
• You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and for activity that takes place through your account.
• You must promptly update information that becomes inaccurate or misleading.

LitterLink is a community platform for discovering, joining, and organising litter-picking events and related groups. Unless we explicitly say otherwise, LitterLink does not organise, supervise, insure, staff, or control the events listed on the platform.

We currently provide the core service free of charge. If we add paid features later, we may introduce separate pricing, subscription, or purchase terms.

We may add, change, suspend, or remove features at any time where reasonably necessary for product development, security, legal compliance, or operational reasons.

You agree not to:

• break the law or encourage unlawful behaviour;
• impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity, authority, or affiliations;
• post false, misleading, defamatory, abusive, discriminatory, or infringing content;
• upload malware, interfere with the platform, or attempt unauthorised access to accounts, systems, or data;
• scrape, harvest, or extract data from LitterLink at scale without our written permission;
• publish sensitive personal data or personal data about other people without a valid reason and any required permission;
• use LitterLink to advertise unrelated services, spam users, or run scams; or
• use the platform as an emergency reporting service for dangerous waste, injuries, or urgent incidents.

If you create or manage an event or group, you are responsible for the information and activities you publish and for your compliance with applicable law.

• Event and group details must be accurate, current, and not misleading.
• You are responsible for any permissions, notices, landowner consent, safeguarding steps, insurance, or risk controls that your event requires by law or that a prudent organiser would arrange.
• You must communicate material changes, postponements, or cancellations promptly.
• You must not describe yourself as verified, qualified, insured, or endorsed unless that is true and can be supported.
• You are responsible for the way you collect litter, handle equipment, manage volunteers, and dispose of waste during the event.

When you join or attend an event, you do so at your own discretion. Real-world community activities can involve hazards including weather, traffic, water, sharp objects, uneven ground, and other risks that are outside our control.

• You are responsible for deciding whether an event is suitable for you.
• You should wear appropriate clothing and use suitable equipment unless the organiser clearly states that equipment will be provided.
• You must follow lawful safety instructions from organisers, venue operators, landowners, and public authorities.
• Event details may change, and events may be cancelled, postponed, capped, or removed without notice.
• LitterLink does not guarantee attendance levels, safety outcomes, travel arrangements, weather conditions, or the accuracy of user-supplied event information.

You retain ownership of content you submit to LitterLink, including event descriptions, group information, photos, logos, avatars, and other media. However, you give us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, format, adapt, display, and distribute that content as needed to operate, secure, improve, and promote the service.

• You confirm that you own the content you upload or have the rights and permissions needed to share it.
• You are responsible for obtaining consent from identifiable people shown in photos or videos where required by law.
• We may remove or restrict content that appears to breach these terms, the law, or the rights of others.
• Please do not upload content containing confidential, sensitive, or unnecessary personal data.

LitterLink may offer a Verified Organiser badge or similar status to organisers whose applications we review. That status only means we reviewed certain information at a point in time.

Verified Organiser status is not a guarantee of identity, trustworthiness, experience, safety, legality, quality, insurance, or suitability. We may refuse, suspend, remove, or change verified status at our discretion.

Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share personal data.

Because LitterLink is a community platform, some information is intended to be public or visible to other users. This can include organiser display names, event details, joined-participant names and dates, group information, and uploaded media.

If you delete your account or stop using the service, some event, group, or impact records may be retained for community record-keeping, but we will handle personal data in line with our Privacy Policy.

The LitterLink service, including our branding, software, design, databases, and original site content, is owned by LitterLink or our licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws.

• You may use LitterLink only for its intended purpose and in accordance with these terms.
• You must not copy, reverse engineer, decompile, republish, sell, or create derivative works from the platform except where the law clearly allows it.
• These terms do not transfer any ownership rights in LitterLink to you.

LitterLink relies on third-party providers and may include links to third-party services. For example, authentication, hosting, email, postcode geocoding, maps, and external organiser links may involve third parties.

Third-party services are governed by their own terms and privacy notices. We are not responsible for third-party content, availability, policies, or acts and omissions outside our reasonable control.

We may suspend or terminate your access, remove content, or limit features where reasonably necessary, including if:

• you breach these terms;
• your use creates legal, security, safety, or reputational risk;
• we receive a credible complaint about your content or conduct; or
• we are required to act by law, regulation, court order, or a competent authority.

You may stop using LitterLink at any time. Termination will not affect rights or obligations that accrued before termination, or any provisions that are intended to continue after it.

LitterLink is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We do not promise that the service will always be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or suitable for every purpose.

We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, legality, quality, or safety of user-generated content, events, groups, organiser claims, participant behaviour, or third-party links. You are responsible for your own decisions about whether to rely on information you see on the platform.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

Subject to the paragraph above and to any non-excludable consumer rights, LitterLink is not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or business losses, or for losses arising from user conduct, organiser decisions, event attendance, third-party services, or matters outside our reasonable control.

We may update these terms from time to time to reflect changes to the service, applicable law, or our operating practices. When we do so, we will update the "Last updated" date on this page and may take additional steps to notify users where appropriate.

Your continued use of LitterLink after updated terms take effect means you accept the revised terms.

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, except where mandatory consumer protection laws in your country of residence give you additional rights.

If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, the courts of England and Wales will have jurisdiction unless mandatory law says otherwise.

If you have questions about these terms, contact us at hello@litterlink.co.uk.