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Monday 1 April 2019

Plastic Free Milford-on-Sea launches with Beach Clean

Plastic Free Milford on Sea is a new community campaign to free where we live from single-use plastic.
 
It has organised its first Beach Clean on Saturday 6th April at 10.30am to 12 noon - meet outside the Needles Eye CafĂ© at Hurst Road. Everyone is welcome and all kit will be provided but bring your own protective gloves if you prefer and wear suitable clothing. 

The campaign has been kick-started by the Parish Council along with the Milford Visitor and Business Group and local businesses such as New Forest Paddlesport Company. New Forest District Council is providing the beach cleaning equipment as part of the New Forest Spring Clean Campaign. Together we’re tackling avoidable, throwaway plastic, from our beach, rivers and green spaces. 

It's not about removing all plastic from our lives. It’s about stopping using single-use plastic and changing the system that produces it. Being a Plastic Free Community does not mean there is no plastic. Being a Plastic Free Community means we are starting work to turn the tide on plastic pollution. It means we are pulling together different aspects of our community; collaborating and including everyone to bring about the culture change we need to see. We are also part of a national network of communities all doing the same, backed up by the national campaigns and actions of Surfers Against Sewage. Milford is linking with the Plastic Free Lymington group who are also organising local beach cleans at on this day at Lepe and Tanners Lane. 

For more details contact Sarah Pitt at the Parish Council – sarah.milfordpc@btconnect.com or message @plasticfreemilfordonsea

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