What a year 2021 has been for our friends at Planet Patrol HQ!
- Over 85,000 pieces of litter recorded in the app in 2021!
- Planet Patrol officially arrived in Germany, running clean ups across five locations
- With your help they grew even bigger running over 185+ litter picks
- Planet Patrol app users are now operating in 113 countries across the globe including Malaysia, Romania, Chile and Tanzania!
- The Big Bag Ban campaign went viral, calling on the UK Government to ban plastic bags (including Bags for Life) supported by leading academics, cross-party MPs and Peers, activists and celebrities, including Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Laura Whitmore, Bonnie Wright and Fearne Cotton.
- Planet Patrol has shared litter data with Defra to help impact assess plastic policies and to inform solutions to tackle litter across the UK
- Virtual Missions feature in the Planet Patrol app has enabled thousands to globally take action and collaboratively track litter – despite a trying year of restrictions and lock downs
- Community rallied together to call on the Government to stop sewage pollution, helping force a policy U-turn to ensure that water companies have to reduce sewage discharge into waterways
- Planet Patrol Founder Lizzie Carr was awarded an MBE for her services to environmental activism and to charity.
Helping Hand Environmental are so proud to manufacture sustainable litter picking equipment for Planet Patrol’s campaign and webshop. Join their global movement: https://planetpatrol.co/
