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Big Clean Up

Big Spring Clean-Up: How to join

First you need to decide where to carry out your litter pick.
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Inside Big Clean Up

Litter: we’ll fight it on the beaches

Friday, 16 September 2011

It's time to turn the tide on litter on our beaches by taking part in the Beachwatch Big Weekend starting today.
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You are all litter-ally amazing: 13,608 volunteers lifted 122 tonnes of rubbish during Tele’s campaign

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

A green army of more than 13,000 people has backed our Big Spring Clean campaign this April and gathered an incredible 122 tonnes of litter — filling more than 20,000 bin bags.
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French signpost found on Co Down beach during litter tally

Monday, 18 April 2011

From a Second World War bomb to a television, a set of golf clubs and a wetsuit, our Big Spring Clean campaign has uncovered some unusual items of rubbish.
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One truly spirited spruce-up: Staff from Bushmills Distillery join locals to lift litter galore on strand

Saturday, 16 April 2011

From children’s toys to fishing nets, car tyres and bicycle parts, Northern Ireland’s beaches are littered with all kinds of unusual waste.
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The coast is clear: Belfast Telegraph helps beachcombers clean up scenic bay

Friday, 15 April 2011

With grey clouds looming overhead and drizzle in the air, heading to the beach is the last thing on most people’s minds at this time of year.
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Tackling a mountain of litter: Sperrins spruce-up fills 90 rubbish bags... three of them with dead animals

Thursday, 14 April 2011

Hundreds of volunteers have scoured 20km of roads in the Sperrins, gathering a spectacular 90 bags of litter as part of our Big Spring Clean campaign.
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Green army bins litter woes

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

It used to be one of west Belfast’s worst eyesores — but Colin Glen Forest Park has now won a Green Flag award three years in a row.
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Untwisting the strand: Bangor pupils clear beach of litter and marine debris

Monday, 11 April 2011

In the balmy heat of Saturday afternoon pupils from Bangor Grammar and Glenlola Collegiate joined forces to give scenic Ballyholme Beach a good tidying.
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Our volunteer army springs into action to beat litterbugs

Saturday, 9 April 2011

Butterflies and bumblebees were lured out by this week’s burst of sunshine — and so were the litterbugs.
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Green army is marching: Waiting over as our war on litter hotspots starts today

Friday, 8 April 2011

The waiting is over — today the Big Spring Clean kicks into action.
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Still time to join forces with Northern Ireland’s biggest green army

Thursday, 7 April 2011

It looks like we’re on course to build a green army of at least 3,000 adults and children — all out scouring Northern Ireland to clear it of litter for our Big Spring Clean campaign.
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Tidy volunteers make an explosive river discovery

Thursday, 7 April 2011

A bicycle, three scooters, golf clubs and balls, a taxi sign and a deckchair were all retrieved from Sixmilewater River in Antrim by volunteers taking part in the Big Spring Clean.
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Pride and broom: wedding man aids litter fight

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

It seems unlikely subject matter for a TV wedding planner and agony uncle — but litter really gets Anthony Miller hot under the collar.
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Team scales the heights to clear litter on Cavehill

Tuesday, 5 April 2011

It's one of the most spectacular and popular places in Belfast to take a Sunday afternoon stroll, but Cavehill is a victim of its own success, a tale told by the litter lining many of its pathways.
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Rural litter louts drive countrygirl Lynda Bryans to distraction

Tuesday, 29 March 2011

You would expect to see litter dumped on derelict inner city sites — but as TV personality Lynda Bryans knows all too well, some of our worst litter hotspots are quiet country roads.
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