Do you live in a pollution hotspot?

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We all deserve thriving nature, clean air and safe waters.

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What's a pollution hotspot?

Pollution hotspots are neighbourhoods where wildlife is exposed to damaging levels of pollution from multiple sources, including polluted rivers, dirty air and blinding lights and loud noises.

A whopping 27% of all neighbourhoods in England are classified as pollution hotspots. 

And it's not just wildlife that's impacted. Many of us are breathing the same dirty air, with no choice but to live near sewage-infested rivers and polluted, noisy roads. That’s why we’re building a record of public support for a new Environmental Rights Act. To enshrine our right to a healthy environment in law.

Collage of polluted environments and healthy environments in the UK

Protect wildlife from pollution now

Imagine if our rivers were crystal clear. If our towns weren't plagued by air pollution. If every street and park was filled with birdsong.

Our current laws don’t do enough to stop polluters or force them to clean up their act. That's why we're campaigning for a new law to help hold polluters accountable: the Right to a Healthy Environment. 

 

River otter sat on grass

Methodology for pollution hotspots

Our analysis identifies pollution hotspots in England where multiple pollution issues are all above thresholds agreed to harm nature. In some cases, such as air pollution, known to impact humans too.

These hotspots highlight areas where combined pollution impacts are most severe, rather than showing which areas are free from pollution. The presence of pollution below the set thresholds doesn't mean pollution is absent, just that it's below the thresholds we have used. 

Our pollution hotspots data reveals areas where wildlife is most affected by air, light, noise, and water pollution that surpass damaging levels.

Brown sludge pours out of a pipe onto a shoreline with seagulls stood nearby