8,000 disposable BBQs removed from sale will be recycled
Litter Free Dorset is working with Southern Co-op and W&S Recycling to dismantle and recycle 8,000 disposable barbecues.
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Sign up for the Great Dorset Beach Clean
The Great Dorset Beach Clean is back for its 33rd year. It will run from 15–23 April, starting on the last weekend of the Easter break.
Face a fine for littering in Dorset
Dorset Council recently spent four days removing 1.5 tonnes of litter and fly-tipped rubbish from just one road.
Ban on disposable BBQ campaign hots up
With heathland fires having increased by 93 per cent this year, Litter Free Dorset is calling for a complete ban on disposable BBQs.
No barbecues or campfires permitted on Dorset heathland
Three organisations are working together to remind everyone that campfires and barbeques are not allowed on heathland sites.
New fines for lighting fires in Dorset
If you see signage forbidding lighting fires in many areas of Dorset, be aware you could be fined if you do so.
Dorset campaign to deter seagull feeding
Litter Free Dorset is once more running its ‘Don’t Feed the Locals’ campaign to preserve the health of seagulls.
Are you having a giraffe? Mountain of litter picked in Dorset
In May, 177 Dorset residents took on the Litter Free Dorset Challenge and between them collected a whopping 34,000 pieces of litter weighing 1,200kg (the equivalent weight of a giraffe).
More Dorset businesses remove disposable BBQs from sale
Following a campaign to remove disposable BBQs from sale, more Dorset supermarket stores and a garden centre in Ferndown have chosen to withdraw them.
Campaign in Dorset to remove disposable barbecues from sale
Not only do disposable barbecues often result in fires, they have a devastating impact on the environment.