Plastic Free Wimborne

Public asked to help design the Wimborne Cup

The Wimborne Minster Folk Festival is a great event that draws huge crowds to the town to enjoy the dancing and bands.  But it also produces a lot of plastic waste.  To tackle this plastic waste, local environmental community groups, Planet Wimborne and Wimborne War on Waste, have teamed up with the Folk Festival organisers, Town Council, Wimborne BID and the majority of pubs in the town to launch the reusable Wimborne Cup at this year's Festival. The Wimborne Cup can then be used for any other event in the town.

Wimborne War on Waste
Plastic Free Wimborne
Net Zero Week

The UK’s national awareness week highlights our challenge and provides the best expert advice and information to help us all better understand the challenge and how to benefit from making changes.

https://netzeroweek.com/#/
Sat, Jul 5 - Fri, Jul 11 2025, All day
Plastic Free July

Join millions of people reducing their plastic waste.
Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities.

Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single-use plastics?

https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/
Tue, Jul 1 - Thu, Jul 31 2025, All day
Food Waste Action Week

Join in the fight against food waste, one of the biggest contributors to climate change.

The theme for 2025 is "Buy Loose, Waste Less".
Research shows that selling items loose (unpackaged), so that people can buy just the amount they need, is an effective way to reduce household food waste.  

There are lots of other tips, such as, on this link: https://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/take-action-save-food/save-money-food-good-food-habits

 

https://www.wrap.ngo/take-action/love-food-hate-waste/food-waste-action-week
Mon, Mar 17 - Sun, Mar 23 2025, All day
Wimborne War on Waste's Community Litter Pick
Wimborne War on Waste's Community Litter Pick

Please note the change of venue.

Join Wimborne War on Waste's Community Clean Up, starting at Dreamboats and finishing at the football ground. 

All ages welcome.  Kit available for borrowing.  Please let us know if you can join us so that we can make sure we have enough equipment with us.

Enquiries to wimbornewaronwaste@gmail.com.

Next dates:
23 March
27 April
29 June
28 September

 

Sun, Feb 16 2025, 11:30am - 1pm

Plastic Free Wimborne

Plastic Free Wimborne - Surfers Against Sewage

What do we mean by Plastic Free?

The banner 'Plastic Free' can be puzzling, even misleading, how can we ever be Plastic Free?

The concept of the Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) Plastic Free communities campaign centres on SINGLE USE plastic such as bottles, bags, coffee cups and straws.

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