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Littering is becoming an ever increasing issue in the UK, not only does it affect our own perception of our environment and damage wildlife, but it can also be costly for local councils to clean up and this is money that can be spent elsewhere, especially in times of austerity and cutting back on unnecessary spending.

Keep Britain Tidy have estimated that over 30-million tonnes of litter are collected from our streets every year - costing local authorities around £1-billion. To put this into context, that's enough litter to fill Wembley Stadium four times over!

At the start of 2016, new fines (of up to £150) were introduced to prevent people from dropping litter and to make them think twice before doing so. Initiatives like Clean for the Queen have also been introduced to encourage people to volunteer and tackle to problem head on in their own local communities and take back their community spaces from the litter louts.

Anti-litter campaign set to sweep through Britain’s woodlands

By Andy JessopAugust 2nd / 2019 ● Leave a comment
Bluebells in English Woods.

Litter is a huge problem across the UK, with clean-ups costing councils £682m. But it’s not just towns and cities…

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StreetsAhead campaign launches to clean up Brighton & Hove

By Andy JessopAugust 29th / 2017 ● Leave a comment

Over the bank holiday weekend, visitors to Brighton & Hove’s beaches came across some unusual reminders to use a bin…

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Innovative new campaign For Fish’s Sake launches to help tackle litter in the Thames

By Andy JessopMay 22nd / 2017 ● Leave a comment

New research conducted by Censuswide in April 2017 found that half of Londoners admitted to squeezing litter into bins that…

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Litter firm hands out £500,000 in fines as councils told to curb punishments

By Andy JessopMay 9th / 2017 ● Leave a comment

A private company hired by Liverpool City Council has handed out £500,000 in fines in just eight weeks. The Liverpool…

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Giant coffee cup bins descend on Manchester

By Andy JessopOctober 12th / 2016 ● Leave a comment

As part of a new campaign to reduce paper cup waste, sustainability charity, Hubbub, has placed 11 coffee cup shaped…

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One use plastic bag charge hailed as success as Tesco saves 1.5 billion bags

By Andy JessopOctober 7th / 2016 ● Leave a comment

Shopping giant Tesco has announced that over 1.5 billion bags have been saved since the introduction of the single use…

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France bans plastic cutlery in bid to cut plastic pollution

By Andy JessopSeptember 19th / 2016 ● Leave a comment

Coming into effect in 2020, France has passed a major ban on plastic cups and cutlery. The country has rolled…

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Ninety NGOs launch plastic waste reduction initiative

By Andy JessopSeptember 15th / 2016 ● Leave a comment

A ground-breaking global vision for a future free from plastic pollution by a network of 90 non-governmental organisations was announced…

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Plastic bag use plummets after introduction of 5p charge

By Andy JessopAugust 1st / 2016 ● Leave a comment

It has been announced by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) that England has used six billion…

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Credible solution to ocean waste unveiled

By Andy JessopJune 28th / 2016 ● Leave a comment

With a number of solutions to ocean waste having been created and dismissed in the past, it is hoped that…

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