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Projects & Campaigns

Projects & Campaigns

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Our Projects and Campaigns

Encouraging shops to stop selling BBQs

Encouraging shops to stop selling BBQs

Dont Poop and Run! Bag it and Bin it

Dont Poop and Run! Bag it and Bin it

Calling for the use of Fireworks, Helium Balloons and Lanterns to stop!

Calling for the use of Fireworks, Helium Balloons and Lanterns to stop!

Reducing single-use plastic in our communities

Reducing single-use plastic in our communities

Helping to reduce cigarette butt litter within Dorset

Helping to reduce cigarette butt litter within Dorset

Aimed at those who toss their rubbish out of car windows

Aimed at those who toss their rubbish out of car windows

Campaign for a UK deposit return scheme

Campaign for a UK deposit return scheme

Reducing roadside litter along Dorset’s roadside verges

Reducing roadside litter along Dorset’s roadside verges

Litter Free Coast and Sea

Tweets by @LitterFreeCoast

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Calling all businesses! 📢 Have you chosen to re

Calling all businesses! 📢 Have you chosen to remove disposable BBQs from retail this year? 👏 Get in touch with Litter Free Dorset at litterfreedorset@gmail.com and we'll add you to our list of responsible businesses that are helping reduce risk of wildfire this year! ⁠
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Be cool... #ChooseToRemoveDisposableBBQs 😎⁠
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#BBQsBurnMoreThanBangers #SpreadLoveNotWildfire #ChooseToReuse #WildfireAwareness #EnjoyItDontDestroyIt

Have you spotted these new bin stickers in Weymout

Have you spotted these new bin stickers in Weymouth? 👀 These are part of a partnership project between Mars Wrigley, http://behaviourchange.org.uk/, @keepbritaintidy, @dorsetcounciluk and @litterfreedorset testing behaviour change theory to encourage better use of our bins for confectionary litter! 🍫🍬🚮⁠
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#ThankYouForNotLittering #BinIt ⁠
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#LoveWhereYouLive #LoveWhereYouVisit #Weymouth #Dorset #LitterFreeDrst #KeepWeymouthTidy #KeepBritainTidy #PlasticPollution #CleanUpTheWorld

Signed up for the June Litter Free Dorset Challeng

Signed up for the June Litter Free Dorset Challenge? 💪Download and share this pic with the hashtag #LFDChallenge to let your friends and family know about your upcoming litter picking adventure! #LitterLegend⁠
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Did you know that as part of your challenge you can also fundraise for Litter Free Dorset? This will help us fund some more litter picking equipment to enable us to run another challenge soon! Click the link in our bio to be taken to our fundraising page⁠
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#PreventingPlasticPollution #LoveDorset #PeoplePower #Challenge #LitterFreeDrst

Reposted from @refillhq ⏰ 5 WEEKS TO GO ⏰ #Wo

Reposted from @refillhq

⏰ 5 WEEKS TO GO ⏰ #WorldRefillDay is coming, are you ready to take action? 👊 ⁠
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We're sharing five ways you can get involved in the coming weeks and on the big day itself...⁠
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🔄 #ChooseToReuse - grabbing a coffee on your commute or to meet a friend? Use a reusable cup!⁠
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📱Download the Refill app - find out which shops, cafes and water fountains are open and accepting reusables!⁠
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✅ Make reuse the new normal - as we emerge out of the pandemic, remember reusables ARE more than safe to use, especially when you follow our guidance and safe methods like #ContactlessCoffee!⁠
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📣Tell businesses to act - Let your favourite brands and businesses big and small know that you want them more reusable, refillable options from them!⁠
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🥳 Show the good guys some love - there are so many amazing businesses powering the #RefillRevolution day in, day out. Give them a shout out on social! ⁠
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To read more, head over to the LINK IN OUT BIO to read the full blog post ↖️🔗⁠
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#refill #reducereuserefill #plasticfree #goplasticfree #zerowaste #zerowasteliving #livewithless #peoplepower #peoplepowered #powerchange #bethechange #coffeetogo #takeaway #newnormal #buildbackbetter #outoflockdown #instapositive #instagood #actnow #takeaction #wednesdaywisdom #wednesdaymotivation #midweekmotivation ⁠

Thinking of this week's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

Thinking of this week's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, did you know that heading outdoors to spend time in nature is fantastic for your well-being? 💚 Why not start a new daily habit to make getting outside a goal of your day - whether it be a walk in the woods, a local litter pick or simply a coffee with a friend in the park! Small actions can have a big effect. 🌲🌱☕

#ConnectWithNature

Have you heard about @plantlife.loveplants's #NoMo

Have you heard about @plantlife.loveplants's #NoMowMay challenge? Put your lawnmower away for the month of May to see an increase in flowers pop up on your patch and a subsequent boom in numbers of pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies! ⁠
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#LoveYourVerge #GetDorsetBuzzing #PollinatingNotPolluting

With today marking the end of Hedgehog Awareness W

With today marking the end of Hedgehog Awareness Week, we thought we'd say a HUGE thank you to everyone who responsibly disposes of their rubbish! By holding onto your litter to dispose of in a bin, you're helping protect Dorset's hedgehog population as well as their roadside friends! 🦔🙌🚮⁠
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#HedgehogAwarenessWeek #LoveYourVerge #LoveWhereYouLive #RespectProtectEnjoy #ThankYouForNotLittering

A HUGE thank you to everyone who has signed up to

A HUGE thank you to everyone who has signed up to take part in the #LFDChallenge, all 100 spaces have now been filled! 🎉🙌 We will now start prepping your litter picking kits ready to post out before the June challenges commence! 💪#LitterHeroes⁠
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A reminder to check out and join the #LFDChallenge facebook group 👇 to share your litter picking stories with other people in Dorset taking on the challenge!⁠
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/145548897506548 ⁠
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For anyone who didn't have the chance to sign up, don't worry, we hope to be able to run another challenge over the next year! In the meantime, check out our local litter picking groups page on the Litter Free Dorset website 👇 to find a litter picking group near you that you can get involved with! ⁠
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http://www.litterfreedorset.co.uk/get-involved/litter_picking_groups/⁠
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#PreventingPlasticPollution @plastic_eu

#PeoplePower #LitterFreeDrst #Challenge ⁠

#ThrowbackThursday to a 2018 event at Angus Wood f

#ThrowbackThursday to a 2018 event at Angus Wood for Blandford's 'Waste Not Want Not' Fair, featuring our #LoveYourVerge recycled stag beetle and Litter Free Dorset's very own Sophie! ⁠
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#TBT #LitterFreeDrst #LoveWhereYouLive #LoveDorset #TakeYourRubbishHome #ThankYouForNotLittering

Have you decided to stop selling disposable BBQs t

Have you decided to stop selling disposable BBQs this year?

Let us know about it, we want to show you off! 😉

Litter Free Dorset are encouraging businesses to #ChooseToRemoveDisposableBBQs

For more information about the campaign and to download a poster showing your support, check out the webpage below 👇

http://www.litterfreedorset.co.uk/current-projects-and-campaigns/bbqs/

#SpreadLoveNotWildfire #BBQsBurnMoreThanBangers #Choose2reuse #WildfireAwareness #EnjoyItDontDestroyIt

Posted @withregram • @refillhq If you want to do

Posted @withregram • @refillhq If you want to do your bit to help our precious planet - REDUCING, REUSING, REFILLING & REPEATING is a great place to start...⁠❤️
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⬇️ REDUCE ⬇️ One of the easiest ways to avoid pointless plastic is to shop with refillable packaging.
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🔄 REUSE 🔄 Make reusables part of your everyday life. Purchase a refillable bottle, coffee cup and food pot to help you eat and drink on the go without the waste!
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💧 REFILL 💧 Join the #RefillRevolution. The FREE refill app connects you to over 30,000 places in the UK (think cafes, pubs, public water fountains and zero-waste shops) where you can eat, drink and shop without any plastic packaging!
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🔁 REPEAT 🔁 Tell your friends, family and local communities that you #ChooseToReuse and inspire them to do the same 💡 Shout about it on social media and celebrate any individuals or businesses doing it well and encourage others to do the same 📣⁠
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#earthdayeveryday #earthdayactivities #happyearthday #earthdayiseveryday #worldearthday #actfortheearth #actfortheenvironment #plasticfree #takeaction #bethechange #bethechangeyouwanttosee #changetheworld #zerowaste #choosetoreuse #reducereuserefill #riseofthereusables #plasticfreeliving #zerowaste #zerowasteliving

Posted @withregram • @dorsetcounciluk We’re lu

Posted @withregram • @dorsetcounciluk We’re lucky to live in #Dorset! 🌞

We can all enjoy #Dorset by showing care and consideration to one another and continuing to follow restrictions.🙌

We have extra bins and waste collections in place this season, but we still need people to dispose of their rubbish properly by using the bins provided or even better, take it home if the bins are full. 🚮

Please enjoy Dorset, be respectful of each other and protect our environment. 💚

Read more about easing of restrictions by typing 'Gov covid restrictions' into your search engine 🔍

📸 = Litton Cheney - Mark Simons

#RespectProtectEnjoy #Dorset

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