There’s still time to join this weekend’s Great Plastic Pick Up
There is still time to sign up to the Mail’s Great Plastic Pick Up, which runs from today until Sunday.
Communities across the country are pitching in to help tackle the plastic menace. So far 11,918 people have signed up, with 920 organised pick ups.
To join in, go to greatplasticpickup.org and enter your details. Groups from one person to 100 can register, and children who are accompanied by an adult are welcome.
A Daily Mail team will judge photographs sent in by the Pick Up groups and select three that will win a professional spring clean for their local area, worth £10,000.
WHERE DO I GET MY BAGS?
The first 3,000 events organised will be sent 30 recycled bags for collecting plastic, with an additional 450,000 Pick Up bags available for collection from local councils.
HOW DO WE DO IT?
Gather at the arranged time, check in with the organiser and get picking!
WHAT SHOULD I NOT PICK UP?
Never touch syringes, broken glass or large fly-tipped items – instead, tell your council. Steer clear of busy roads.
HOW CAN I KEEP INFORMED?
Follow the #GreatPlasticPickUp hashtag on Twitter, check greatplasticpickup.org to see a map of Pick Ups across the country, and stay up to date in the Daily Mail.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Organisers should log the number of litter bags on greatplasticpickup.org.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE LITTER?
Plastic bottles will be recycled, as will aluminium cans, where possible. Other litter, including single-use plastic such as crisp packets, which cannot generally be recycled, will go into the residual waste stream.
WHAT ARE THE PRIZES?
After your Pick Up, share a picture of your day and you could win an amazing prize. Three groups will get a community make-over, worth up to £10,000. It might include graffiti removal, gardening or landscaping or even permanent features such as bench seating. A single participating school or youth group* will win an all-expenses-paid trip to a UK Sea Life Centre with a talk from TV presenter Chris Packham.
HOW DO I SHARE MY PICTURES?
We will be looking for photos which capture the importance and spirit of our campaign and our winners will be revealed early next week. Share your pictures with a brief description of your event including participants, your location and reasons for taking part, before midnight on Monday, May 14.
On Twitter, share pictures using the hashtag #greatplasticpickup or #GPPU. You can also email them to plasticpickup@dailymail.co.uk or log on to www.greatplasticpickup.org and upload them via your Dashboard. Terms: *Children aged 16 years or younger, including supervising adults. Competition open to participants of the Daily Mail’s GPPU who are residents of the UK. Open from 11/5/18 until 14/5/18. Entrants must take photographs showing their group’s efforts to tidy their local area between May 11-13, 2018. Entrants must be registered at www.greatplasticpickup.org. Full Ts and Cs apply, see website for details.