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Dorset Council and Litter Free Dorset are asking retailers to suspend sales of disposable barbecues during this heatwave.

The second-highest number of barbecue incidents in the UK have occurred in Dorset in the last three years.

Vikki Slade is pushing to ban disposable barbeques to help reduce the risk of wildfires on Dorset’s heathlands.

Litter Free Dorset is working with Southern Co-op and W&S Recycling to dismantle and recycle 8,000 disposable barbecues.

Around 90 firefighters tackled the blaze at Studland Heath at the weekend when five hectares of land were damaged significantly.

With heathland fires having increased by 93 per cent this year, Litter Free Dorset is calling for a complete ban on disposable BBQs.

Not only do disposable barbecues often result in fires, they have a devastating impact on the environment.

National retailers have stopped selling disposable BBQs following calls to protect the environment.