#LoveYourForest joins forces with mountain biking community to clear litter from popular bike trails

Environmental charity Hubbub is calling on mountain bikers to significantly reduce litter along popular bike trails this summer as part of its ongoing #LoveYourForest campaign. The Forest of Dean’s bike trails are hugely popular with around 350,000 visits to Forestry England’s Cannop Cycle Centre every year – but mountain bikers are trailing trash in their wake including single use plastic packaging from energy bars and drinks. Not only does this mean the forest can’t flourish, it could also prove fatal for some local wildlife. Between 2019-2020, Forestry England spent £60k…

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#LoveYourForest campaign branches out to on-the-go recycling

Brightly coloured on-the-go recycling bins for cans and plastic bottles have been installed in local towns of the Forest of Dean, as part of the #LoveYourForest initiative to tackle rubbish in the area. Launched by environmental charity Hubbub, the new eye-catching bins have been installed in the town centres of Cinderford, Coleford, Lydney and Newent, and mark the next phase of the campaign, which is broadening activity beyond reducing litter, to increasing recycling as well. #LoveYourForest is run in collaboration with local employer Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I, Forest of…

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