More than 40 volunteers from the Wimborne Community enjoyed the sunshine on Sunday 5th February and helped pick up the biggest amount of litter we have ever collected in 2 hours on one of our picks! It was shocking to see and we could have easily spent the whole day clearing rubbish along verges, underneath bushes, on streets, paths and the river banks! The worst offenders were cigarette butts - we lost count of those in town, especially outside pubs, bus stops, and other venues where people gather then drop their butts as they rush in!
Wimborne War on Waste
No disposable cup day - If we can stop using disposable cups for even one day then we will save the planet from the destruction caused by more than 1 billion used cups entering landfills Worldwide every month!
We have 4 times more cafes in the UK as there were in 2000. Branded coffee shops have grown from around 600 to nearly 7500 outlets.
Recycling or compostable cups are not the answer! STOPPING is the answer!
Fri, Oct 4 2024, All day
Power hour for Litter Pickers
Huge thanks to the amazing team of people who litter picked last evening! What an incredibly disgusting amount of rubbish we found! 🤢
Cans and bottles were found tucked in bushes and dumped on the river bank and in the water! Old clothes, takeaway food packaging and sweet wrappers were found in all sorts of places! 😝
And, as usual, the most numerous item was cigarette butts, so please do get in touch if you or your staff/friends/colleagues would like a free stub tidy pack, we have lots to give away!
Join Wimborne War on Waste's Community Clean Up on Sunday March 1st.
Start at the Fairground Shop in the Cornmarket at 11.30, and finish up until 1pm.
All ages welcome. Kit available for borrowing. Please let us know if you would like to join us - it helps us prepare - by emailing wimbornewaronwaste@gmail.com.
Future dates:
April 26
May 31
We will do others in between as and when there is a need.
Sun, Mar 1 2026, 11:30am - 1pm
Queen's Platinum Jubilee
When Elizabeth was first crowned there were street parties up and down the country. People brought out their
tables and chairs, their best tablecloths and china and celebrated in style.
Together we can keep Britain great by doing the same. Let's say no to all those disposable cups, plates, cutlery, glasses, bunting, balloons and tablecloths that end up as landfill. Instead, let's dust off our pretty china, tablecloths and
homemade bunting and make it a really special occasion.
When Elizabeth was first crowned there were street parties up and down the country. People brought out their
tables and chairs, their best tablecloths and china and celebrated in style.
Together we can keep Britain great by doing the same. Let's say no to all those disposable cups, plates, cutlery, glasses, bunting, balloons and tablecloths that end up as landfill. Instead, let's dust off our pretty china, tablecloths and
homemade bunting and make it a really special occasion.
Fri, Jun 3 - Sun, Jun 5 2022, All day
The Great Big Green Week is the UK's biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature.
Welcome to Great Big Green Week 2025, when a million people – just like you – will come together to be part of a wave of actions for friends and family, climate and nature.
We can all make small swaps, large swaps and swaps that change the system, to make our communities better.
By coming together, we’ll also send a message loud and clear to our politicians and decision makers that we need to swap old ways for better ways now.
Sat, Jun 7 - Sun, Jun 15 2025, All day
The Great Global Nurdle Hunt – Help reduce the risk to wildlife. Nurdles hunts are fun and taking part is easy. By joining in you are helping end plastic pellet pollution.
The Great Global Nurdle Hunt is an annual citizen science event, which asks organisations, communities and individuals to organise nurdle hunts all around the world to draw attention to this issue and collect a snapshot of data on global plastic pellet pollution.
Sun, Sep 1 - Mon, Sep 30 2024, All day
Great British Beach Clean
The Great British Beach Clean is a week-long citizen science event, where hundreds of beach cleans take place up and down the UK. Litter data collected drives our conservation work and also feeds into the International Coastal Clean-up (ICC)
Fri, Sep 20 - Sun, Sep 29 2024, All day
Join Wimborne War on Waste's Community Clean Up
Meet at Dreamboats, Riverside Park
Please get in touch if you would like to borrow litter picking kit by emailing wimbornewaronwaste@gmail.com.
Thu, Aug 3 2023, 5:30 - 7pm