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carladenyer.bsky.social
Big digital billboards can emit 11 homes' worth of energy and cause harmful light pollution - but local authorities aren't allowed to take this into account when deciding whether to allow them to be built. This week I called for this to be changed #BetterWithoutBillboards @adfreecities.bsky.social‬
June 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
adfreecities.bsky.social
Congratulations to @adblockhackney.bsky.social for another local WIN!!! 🥳 Our streets are #BetterWithoutBillboards & we can work together to make sure they stay that way 💪
adblockhackney.bsky.social Adblock Hackney @adblockhackney.bsky.social · Apr 2
Success! This distracting and pointless digital adscreen, proposed for Stamford Hill, right opposite Stoke Newington Station, has been rejected permission on the grounds of public safety and detriment to the character of the area!
Thanks everyone who objected!
@adfreecities.bsky.social
Mock up of large digital billboard with mcdonalds ad Refusal reasons given by planning on grounds of detriment to the character of the area and appearance, as well as public safety concerns with regards the highway.
April 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
adfreecities.bsky.social
It was great to be at the launch yesterday of @thetcpa.bsky.social report with @playingout.bsky.social & @dbornat.bsky.social We submitted evidence on the impact of outdoor advertising on children & young people in their local areas. Looking forward to next steps #BetterWithoutBillboards
December 4, 2024 at 9:51 AM
adfreecities.bsky.social
Great news in #Oxford where a local campaign highlighting that ads on a dangerous roundabout were not welcome has been successful! 🥳 #BetterWithoutBillboards #AdEnough
oxfordclarion.bsky.social Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · Mar 5
Oxford City Council has withdrawn its application to show advertising boards at the Plain roundabout. The previous permission had expired, and the application for renewal was widely criticised on safety grounds. The withdrawal means there is no legal permission for continued display of adverts.
The Plain roundabout showing advertising boards
March 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
adfreecities.bsky.social
This fear mongering & misinformation from industry lobbyists must stop & the Government must introduce wide ranging advertising restrictions, including on ALL outdoor advertising, to protect the public health of everyone in the UK #advertising #PublicHealth #BetterWithoutBillboards #Adenough
bmj.com The BMJ @bmj.com · Apr 9
#BMJInvestigation: Plans to ban junk food adverts from bus stops and billboards to protect public health are being stymied by advertising industry lobbying.

Cash strapped councils are being warned they would lose up to 30% of advertising income
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Junk food advert at a bus stop
April 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
adfreecities.bsky.social
You are on fire @adblockhackney.bsky.social 🔥- keeping pavements & public spaces for people & nature not corporate ads! Communities don't need energy hungry, pavement blocking ads promoting consumerism & products that are bad for people & the planet - our neighbourhoods are #BetterWithoutBillboards
adblockhackney.bsky.social Adblock Hackney @adblockhackney.bsky.social · Jan 16
Another useless digital advertising board blocked in #Hackney. This time on the corner of Kingsland and Richmond Road. 🎉

@adfreecities.bsky.social
Advertising board on the corner of Kingsland and Richmond Roads Letter from Hackney planning department refusing permission for a new digital advertising board
January 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
adfreecities.bsky.social
Amazing work from @adblockcardiff.bsky.social 🥳People power can stop more digital billboards in our cities - all our communities are #BetterWithoutBillboards
adblockcardiff.bsky.social AdBlock Cardiff @adblockcardiff.bsky.social · Apr 25
🥳 SUCCESS! 🥳

Some nice news with which to end the week. Those big proposed ad screens which we objected to, above the #Butetown Tunnels? They've been WITHDRAWN following our objections... 💅🏻

@adfreecities.bsky.social
#Cardiff #Caerdydd #CardiffBay #BaeCaerdydd
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
April 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
adblockcardiff.bsky.social
Ever wondered why poorer suburbs always seem to have more billboards and ad screens than richer suburbs?

Great discussion in this episode of the #BetterWithoutBillboards podcast (link below) from @adfreecities.bsky.social... [1/2]

open.spotify.com/episode/7yDQ...

#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
January 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
adblockcardiff.bsky.social
Fascinating stat from the new #BetterWithoutBillboards podcast via @adfreecities.bsky.social - it really does invite the question of why we allow advertising which normalises ever-bigger, more polluting and more dangerous vehicles on public roads.

#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
March 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
adfreecities.bsky.social
Three dilapidated billboards in east Bristol have got us thinking about how the space could look different.

What would you rather see instead of corporate advertising?

#BetterWithoutBillboards
Image shows a billboard that has half fallen down revealing rusty framework. Text over the image reads "How the billboards look now" A CGI image shows a bench and a tree next to a road. Text over the image reads "how the space could look".
August 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
adfreecities.bsky.social
More applications for ads in #Cardiff - if you live, work or play there support @adblockcardiff.bsky.social by sending in objections to show that these neighbourhoods are #BetterWithoutBillboards
adblockcardiff.bsky.social AdBlock Cardiff @adblockcardiff.bsky.social · Jan 30
Two more proposed public advertising sites for you to oppose, both of them in #Grangetown... Get those objections in, folks!

1️⃣ - Sloper Road: www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...

2️⃣ - Corporation Road: www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...

#Cardiff #Caerdydd
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
February 2, 2026 at 11:55 AM
adfreecities.bsky.social
Addressing the commercial determinants of health is a big part of addressing poor community health. Fast food & betting shops on your high street & more outdoor ads selling you unhealthy products creates an unhealthy environment & increases inequalities #BetterWithoutBillboards
rsph.bsky.social Royal Society for Public Health @rsph.bsky.social · Mar 10
"Too many people continue to live less healthy lives because of where they live - meaning that they are denied the opportunities to thrive that we all deserve"

Health inequalities are holding back entire communities. This has to change. 💭👇

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20 seaside towns and former industrial areas are home to 1 in 10 people who are economically inactive due to poor health
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March 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
adfreecities.bsky.social
Check out this guest blog from Prusha, one of the amazing @biteback2030.bsky.social youth activists taking on the food giants by taking over outdoor ad space & find out more about their campaign giving kids a #CommercialBreak adfreecities.org.uk/2025/05/a-me... #BetterWithoutBillboards
A Message For Big Food: Give young people a #CommercialBreak - Adfree Cities
Guest blog by Prusha one of Bite Back's youth activists who is determined to fight for a future where healthy food is accessible and affordable for all. Walk down any high street, wait at a bus stop, ...
adfreecities.org.uk
May 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
muchechops.bsky.social
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carladenyer on Instagram: "Big digital billboards can emit 11 homes' worth of energy and cause harmful light pollution - but local authorities aren't allowed …"
Big digital billboards can emit 11 homes' worth of energy and cause harmful light pollution - but local authorities aren't allowed to take this into account when deciding whether to allow them to be built. This week I called for this to be changed #BetterWithoutBillboards @adfreecities
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June 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
adblockbristol.bsky.social
We love to see it! Thanks to @bristolcouncil.bsky.social for acting on this to make the area better for everyone.

#BetterWithoutBillboards
July 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
lukewanderer.bsky.social
#BetterWithoutBillboards #BanAutomobileAds
brooklynspoke.bsky.social Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · Feb 6
New episode! Just like cigarette advertising, let's ban SUV ads...

...and then let's ban SUVs.
thewaroncars.bsky.social The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · Feb 6
"Should SUV Ads Be Banned?"

Adfree Cities, a UK advocacy group, successfully got a Toyota Hilux SUV ad that shows drivers ripping through natural areas and cities taken off the airwaves and streets.

Hear how they did it and what's next in our new episode.

thewaroncars.org/2024/02/06/1...
February 6, 2024 at 4:32 PM