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Useful links:

○	Campaign to bin cigarette butts in Dorchester March 10

○	List of articles published in the Dorset Echo .

○	Chickerell “Find a Bin & Put it in”.

○	CPRE National Office has published new research on a deposit refund scheme.

○	Dorchester Stop the Drop achievements.

○	Clean up Blandford Campaign A litter solution that has been proven to work. Winner of 2011 Western Gazette’s Pride Environmental Award.

The DCAL Committee is registered on the The Litteraction website. The CPRE website is all about helping you to take action against litter. The aim is to offer you a range of actions that you can take, from joining (or even forming) a local volunteer litter-collecting group to collecting litter on your own to exchanging views on the Litteraction forum.
Several of the District Councils held Spring Cleans in April. We have a particularly active group in Dorchester under the leadership of Bob Kerr. Brian Bean is running the “Find a Bin & Put it in” Campaign in Chickerell.

Please contact us if you know of any litter hot spots in your area and email the photographs. Please also send us details of future litter clearing dates for your area.

Pictures of Volunteers collecting litter at Holes Bay, Poole sent in by Liz Williams.

Local childrens collecting litter in Blandford as part of the CUBC on 8th May 2010.

Attendees at the Dorset Campaign Against Litter meeting 4th Feburary 2010

The 22nd June 2010 saw 12 members of the Sherborne and District Society members of CPRE collect 12 bin bags full of glass, plastic, cigarette packets and countless wrappings, cigarette butts and empty bottles in a couple of hours.

The litter was collected from streets and alleys in the Simons Road, Blackberry Lane, Bristol Road, St Aldhelm’s Road and Vernalls Road area.

The next pick will take place 10.00 - 12.00 am on 21st September meeting at JJ Stores, the Simons Road shop.

If you love where you live and think that with a bit of TLC it could be even lovelier, this is the place for you.

We spoke with 200 people from West Dorset at our ‘Love Where You Live’ stand in Dorchester, South Street on Saturday, 24th September. Organised by Dorchester Stop the Drop volunteers and supported by Dorset CPRE.

Thank you for giving us examples of what you love about where you live and what you dislike. The results will be posted on this web page as soon as possible.

Dorset Campaign Against Litter

The Dorset Campaign Against Litter (DCAL) Committee was formed some years ago by a group of campaigners from East Orchard who were appalled at the amount of litter appearing on rural roads around them. The Committee now meets three times a year in Dorchester and includes representatives from the County and District Councils as well as several individuals working in the county town to improve the situation, especially in schools and at local railway stations. The Committee has achieved an excellent working relationship with the Councils representatives who regularly attend and exchange views on Fixed Penalty Notices and other matters.
Meeting dates for 2012: Thursday 23rd February, 14th June and 1st November.

Click here if you would like information on how to run a whole school litter campaign.

DEFRA recently launched the 'Love Where You Live' campaign. If you love where you live and think that with a bit of TLC it could be even lovelier, then watch the LWYL film.

You can also follow the campaign on Facebook.

Do you Love Where You Live?

Litter picks organised for 2012

Sandbanks - 14th February

Liz Williams from Poole Borough Council is organising a morning community litter pick starting at Sandbanks Beach Office and working along the shoreline towards Bournemouth’s beaches.

Let us know if you are planning a litter pick and we will add it to our website.