Grime crime tool launched

The Mayor has urged Londoners to help spruce up the capital by reporting 'grime-crime' such as graffiti, litter and fly-tipping using internet and mobile phone technology.The innovative system enables users to track progress of clean-ups whilst also delivering financial savings for boroughs.

Love Clean London works by allowing people to upload photographs onto an online map of environmental issues that require action by the local authority.The system gives people an easy way to help their borough keep communities clean, receive prompt action when a report is sent and help boroughs direct their resources to the areas that need them most.

Users can submit reports using a free mobile phone application, send a text or visit the lovecleanlondon.org web portal. A GPS signal enables participating boroughs to receive the report as an email to then action. An interactive map shows all the reports, updating on the progress taken.The website shows environmental black-spots and also places where clean ups have taken place.

With just over a year to go until the start of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Mayor wants to encourage higher standards of street cleanliness. Visit www.lovelondon.co.uk