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How to run a litter pick

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 2021-01-16 by Philip Brown2021-01-16

You can download the following information here: How to run a litter pick Before an Event Install FixMyStreet App This is available on Android and Apple phones. It will enable you to report the location of the rubbish bags you … Continue reading →

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Litter Pick Volunteer Briefing – Sample

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 2021-01-16 by Philip Brown2021-01-16

The organiser of a litter pick needs to ensure they cover themselves against any claim of negligence. This is achieved by writing a risk assessment before the event and briefing the volunteers on the day of the event. A sample … Continue reading →

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Litter Pick Risk Assessment – Sample

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 2021-01-16 by Philip Brown2021-01-16

Litter picking has certain risks you may not have thought of: abandoned hypodermic needles, falling into water, dogs, one of the party getting lost or injured and perhaps taken to hospital. You need to be as prepared as you can … Continue reading →

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Is Litter Picking Worth the Effort?

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 2020-08-13 by Philip Brown2020-08-13

Some activists argue that such volunteer clean-ups are not the best way to tackle the plastic pollution that is choking rivers, destroying once-beautiful beaches and costing the lives of whales, seabirds and other wildlife. Critics argue that public cleanups do not … Continue reading →

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Borrow Equipment and Pick Litter in Coventry

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 2020-08-12 by Philip Brown2021-01-16

Coventry United Nations Association invites you to pick some litter in Coventry Borrow our equipment and pick up some litter in Coventry. We have five litter pickers, 2 rings to hold a rubbish bag open and United Nations vests you … Continue reading →

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Litter Picking during COVID-19

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 2020-08-03 by Philip Brown2021-01-16

Keep Britain Tidy has the following recommendations for anyone taking part in a litter pick during 2020. Litter-picking alone or in pairs Before going out alone or in pairs, please remember: Individuals currently shielding, in ‘at risk’ groups, displaying symptoms … Continue reading →

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WASUP

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 2020-07-24 by Philip Brown2020-08-03

World Against Single Use Plastics (WASUP) is the brainchild of Professor Abdul Rasheed Gatrad, Professor in Paediatrics at the Universities of Kentucky, USA, and Wolverhampton, UK. Originally called Walsall Against Single Use Plastics at its launch last year it has … Continue reading →

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Now Or Never

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 2019-08-27 by Philip Brown2019-08-27

Clean Up Britain is a national UK organisation specialising in changing anti-social environmental behaviours – especially littering and fly-tipping. In 2018 they launched their ‘Now or Never’ campaign in Leamington. They say this is “the most comprehensive and multi-faceted anti-litter … Continue reading →

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Coventry Litter Action

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 2019-08-27 by Philip Brown2020-07-22

In the past, Trevor Teale used to organise monthly litter picking events in Coventry and advertise them and other useful information on a Facebook group. Unfortunately this no longer exists. You can now find your local group (or creating your … Continue reading →

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Plastic Free Coventry

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 2019-08-27 by Philip Brown2020-08-03

Plastic Free Coventry is a community project facilitated by the charity Surfers Against Sewage. Did you know that every day approximately 8 million pieces of plastic pollution find their way into our oceans? That 320,000,000 metric tons of plastic generated … Continue reading →

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