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Got a litter issue in your area? 😵 We've got solutions for that ✅ Today we launch our new Neat Streets toolkit, thanks to funding from McDonald's. It’s been designed for local authorities and community groups who work tirelessly to keep our neighbourhoods clean – we like to think of them as ‘bin-thusiasts’. Building on our previous #InTheLoop toolkit for recycling on-the-go, the new site brings together all the best bits from 10 years of experimenting to tackle litter. Grab your (bin)oculars and load up www.neatstreets.org.uk to find: - Free, downloadable campaigns targeted towards specific issues including roadside litter, cigarette butt litter and our #InTheLoop recycling on-the-go campaign. - Advice on how to get the most bang from your bin, and campaign resources, with step-by-step guidance on running a litter campaign. - A collection of over 15 case studies to provide actionable tips and inspire your own campaigns. And that's not all, we have a new grant fund offering £10,000 funding to local authorities who would like to introduce one of the campaigns in their area. The first application round closes 5pm September 13th. Find out more at www.neatstreets.org.uk

If you vote 'Yes', you need to take a long hard look at yourself. 🙄 But if you vote 'No', you're just being sentimental. 🤔 Ballot Bins have been starting conversations (or fights 👀) like this since 2016. • They also help reduce cigarette litter by up to 73%!   • You can find them in 43 countries around the world. • They collect an estimated 𝟭𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁𝘀 each year. 🤯 We need to keep cig butts from ending up on the floor because: 🚬 they contain 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 and are non-biodegradable 🚬 they end up in waterways and nature, 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 🚬 they contain 𝘁𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀 that leak into the environment If you want to see one near you, check out the Ballot Bin page. But more importantly, is Gareth number one? ++ P.S. I'm CEO of environmental charity Hubbub. We bring business, government and civil society together to create campaigns that inspire & support people to make choices that are good for the environment. Follow me - Alex Robinson - for insights on environmental change, leadership and more. #environment #sustainability #BallotBin #plastics  #Litter #Euros2024

These bins don’t just start conversations (or fights👀). They also help reduce cigarette litter by up to 73%!  Can questions change the world? Meet the world’s first voting ashtray, making binning cigarette butts interactive, and tapping into the human instinct to want to participate. A super simple solution, helping change behaviours without even needing to ask – well, other than the question on the bin that is. We need to keep cig butts from ending up on the floor because: 🚬 they contain plastics and are non-biodegradable   🚬 they contain toxic chemicals that leak into the environment  🚬 they end up in waterways and nature, harming wildlife  Now found in 43 countries around the world, and collecting an estimated 15 million butts each year. If you want to see one near you, get in touch.  But in the meantime, we’re curious - what would you vote? React 👍🏽 for Yes or 😂 for No #BallotBin #Cigarette #Vote #Litter #Euros2024

☎️📞🎉 It’s a call-back!  Let’s recall the amazing impact Community Calling has had over the last 4 years... 📱 20,000 second-hand devices have been rehomed since Community Calling launched during lockdown with Virgin Media O2, gifting old smartphones to digitally excluded individuals 📱 We teamed up with charities, community groups and local councils to make sure those who would benefit most got phones and access to digital skills training 📱 Working with Genuine Solutions, we’ve made tech go further by using reclaimed chargers and cables too And what about the impact on those who received the phones? Scroll across to see some of the impact we've had 👇✨ #digitalinclusion #ewaste #reuse #communityproject 

𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀! If you are looking for a fridge to hide in today, let me help. 🫣 This map pinpoints 670+ community fridges across the UK.📍 It's there to help anyone find their local member of Hubbub's Community Fridge Network. A community fridge is a space that brings people together to: • Meet up • Share food • Learn new skills • Prevent fresh food from going to waste In 2023, they saved 𝟭𝟴 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀' worth of surplus food. 🥘 They welcomed over 600,000 visitors. And they're open to all. Even people trying to dodge journalists. Find your nearest here: https://lnkd.in/e2g-7mTf 🗺️ ++ P.S. I'm CEO of environmental charity Hubbub. We bring business, government and civil society together to create campaigns that inspire & support people to make choices that are good for the environment. Follow me - Alex Robinson - for insights on environmental change, leadership and more. #environment #sustainability #foodwaste #evasiontactics

Is compostable packaging actually better than plastic? 🤔     Big question. Join us on 25th July at 2pm to discuss, at ‘Unearthed: Digging into compostable packaging and consumer behaviour’.    In this one-hour webinar, we’ll be sharing insights from our two-year Compostable Coalition UK project with The University of Sheffield on compostable packaging and consumer behaviour.     We’ll be discussing:  -The behaviour changes we tested and their impact  - How we can make compostable packaging easier to identify and know how to dispose of  - Our recommendations on when compostable packaging should, or shouldn’t, be used You’ll hear from:  - Rosie Sharp: Creative Partner - Plastics & Packaging, Hubbub  - Dr Nicola Buckland: Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Sheffield Want to join us? Find the link in the comments to sign up, and see you there! 😊 #CompostablePackaging #WasteReduction 

Ready to cast your vote? 🗑️ Our Ballot Bin, the world’s first voting ashtray, has been proving the power of voting for eight years now. Around 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered every year. 😳 The butts are made of plastic 😩 They go down drains and into rivers 😖 They leach toxic chemicals into the environment So every butt in this bin is a vote for the environment by reducing cigarette litter. And you’ve probably heard that there’s another very important vote coming up this Thursday... the general election. This is your reminder that voting has the power to create real change. Elected MPs make decisions on things that are important to us and affect our lives, like housing, education, the environment and lots more. If changes are going to happen anyway – it only makes sense to ask for the ones we want to see. So, let’s all use our voting power in this election and get our butts down to the polling station! #GeneralElection2024 #UKGeneralElection #UKElection

So, you want to create a satisfying, smoking-hot (but not soft-core) campaign on sustainable diets? 🔥 Something provocative, but not preachy, and which avoids greenwashing at all costs? ❎ Honestly, it's a surprisingly challenging task. Thanks to PRWeek UK for speaking to me about how Hubbub hit the spot with our milky new campaign, Find Your Oooh Without the Moo 🥛 https://bit.ly/4cs8NUr

Should the government tell us what to eat? 🧐 Denmark was looking for ways to get people to eat less meat. 🥓 Their idea? The world's first government strategy to drive uptake of plant-based foods 🙌 And you know what? There are no bans. No restrictions. No taxes. It's all positive action to encourage healthier and more sustainable diets in a country where people eat 3X the recommended amount of meat on average. 🥒 Things like: • Flexitarian cooking courses • Plant-based nudges in office canteens • Young food guides at Roskilde (Denmark's answer to Glastonbury) It's the kind of positive, practical, realistic, inclusive approach that we take to inspiring sustainable diets at Hubbub. Experts agree we need to reduce our meat intake. The UK's own Food Strategy recommended a 30% decrease by 2030.  There should be lots to learn from Denmark. I wonder if our next government will be so bold? Read more via Bloomberg: https://lnkd.in/eFXZhFyg Image: via Shutterstock. (No, I don't know why someone made it either but I am glad they did..) ++ P.S. I'm CEO of environmental charity Hubbub. We bring business, government and civil society together to create campaigns that inspire & support people to make choices that are good for the environment. Follow me - Alex Robinson - for insights on environmental change, leadership and more. #environment #sustainability #sustainablediets #behaviourchange #bacon

We’ve gifted a phone-ominal 20,000 second-hand devices to get communities connected! 🎉💓🤳 Community Calling, now 4 years old (happy birthday!), was set up following the pandemic in partnership with Virgin Media O2, to rehome old smartphones with digitally excluded individuals.  By partnering with community groups and local councils, we made sure those who would most benefit from a phone could receive support and access to digital skills training, too.  Over 4 years we’ve:  📲 Connected 20,000 people with devices: beneficiaries include digitally disadvantaged communities such as the elderly, survivors of domestic abuse, refugees, and children with diabetes.  🫱🏼🫲🏾 Collaborated with key charity partners: Migrant Help, Women's Aid Federation of England, Crisis, Change Please and SCD: Supporting Children with Diabetes.  🔌 Worked with B Corp Genuine Solutions to maximise gifted phones, and use reclaimed chargers and cables alongside the devices   We’re buzzing that 20,000 second-hand devices have new owners, but we know there’s still a long way to go. There are 1.5 million homes in the UK that still don’t have internet access. (Ofcom 2023)    Have a working old phone? It could make all the difference to someone’s life. Find out more about #CommunityCalling and how to pass on your phone: https://lnkd.in/ez-QAWE7      #digitalinclusion #ewaste #reuse #communityproject