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Dorset Campaign Against Litter.
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 2010: Thursdays 4th February, 3rd June and 7th October.

Click here if you would like information on how to run a whole school litter campaign.
Stop the Drop.
Dorset under threat.
Useful links:
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List of articles published in the Dorset Echo.
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Chickerell “Find a Bin & Put it in”. A litter solution that has been proven to work.
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Dorchester Stop the Drop achievements.
Wind Turbines.

 2009 Litter clears also took place at:
Thorn Hackett 4th April
 Purse Caundle 4th and 5th April
 Milborne 18th April  April
 Sherborne 18th April
 Holwell 18& 19th April
 Stalbridge 26th April
The above details were supplied by Howard Ffitch.

Holes Bay, Poole, 21st May
 This stretch of land is approximately two miles in length, and incorporates a well used pedestrian- and cycle-path. Unfortunately it is also an area that can suffer from litter.  
 Volunteers starting collecting litter at 10.00 am and light refreshments were made available to volunteers at Upton Country Park.

Please contact Elizabeth Williams on  Tel: 01202 261747, Environmental Enhancement Officer, Borough of Poole if you are available to help with future litter picks.  
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.
The Dorchester WI did a litter pick on the 2nd July and collected 6 bags.

Congratulations to Bob Kerr of  Dorchester Stop the Drop and Brian Bean of Chickerell ‘Find a Bin and Put it In’, both members of CPRE, received Certificates in the Volunteer of the Year and Volunteer Team of the Year categories respectively at the Dorford Centre in Dorchester on 29th October 2009 for their work in organising the clearance of Litter from their respective towns.

Bob Kerr front row left of Mayor with his Volunteer of the Year Certificate.
Colehill litter pick on Saturday 3rd January 2009. Two Colehill councillors, 1 clerk to PC and 3 volunteers spent about 3 hours on picking litter around the local convenience store and the scruffy area of Canford Bottom roundabout.

Email from Tom Cleverly.