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2015
TxDOT rolls out 12-foot trash ball in anti-litter campaign  (April 30, 2015)
Big Promo
Travellers ‘talk of town’ after pitching up in Waitrose car park in Trumpington  (April 30, 2015)
Controversy
Anti-littering campaign uses DNA to identify litterbugs and put their faces on ads  (April 30, 2015)
More
Public can report dirty dogs in confidence  (April 30, 2015)
Supported
Driving You Crazy: Litter along valley highways  (April30, 2015)
Read Story
Fridge in water just isn’t cool - concern over litter found at Tayside beach  (April 29, 2015)
Huge Haul
Herne Bay litter bugs to be targeted by new patrols  (April 29, 2015)
Full Story
Unusual items found during underwater litter pick in Dudley  (April 29, 2015)
Too Much
Pick up litter, spruce up Singapore  (April 29, 2015)
Crowd of 8,000 are expected to volunteer for the Public Hygiene Council's first national litter- picking event, called Operation We Clean Up!
Big Plans
Barrow school children to tackle litter problem at nearby playing field  (April 29, 2015)
Sponsored
OP-ED: Vietnamese beaches are favorite places for littering  (April 29, 2015)
Photo Essay
Generations come together for annual litter pick in Cwmavon  (April 29, 2015)
Read More
Parents, teach your children not to litter  (April 29, 2015)
Letter
Crack down on litterbugs  (April 28, 2015)
'Hey, Tosser!'
Tommy Kleyn, artist from Netherlands, cleans up river bank on daily commute to work  (April 28, 2015)
Town Hero
Drive for shopping bag fees, Styrofoam ban spreads in Maine, hits Brunswick, Topsham  (April 28, 2015)
Full Story
If you ever litter streets in Hong Kong . . . this high technology will EXPOSE you!  (April 28, 2015)
Innovation
Passion for litter-free Shoals extends to school competition  (April 27, 2015)
Real Good
The Face of Litter  (April 27, 2015)
Hong Kong
Tackling trash with technology and awareness  (April 27, 2015)
Advanced
Litter Unit conducts sensitization activities at Guyana’s bus parks  (April 26, 2015)
Read More
Earth Day clean-ups aim to rid Peterborough parks of litter  (April 26, 2015)
Working Hard
Communities in Bloom cleanup, new litter incentive policy, to help tidy up Yarmouth  (April 26, 2015)
East Coast
Jamaican government increase penalties littering  (April 25, 2015)
Top Story
Officials: Gun range littering out of control  (April 25, 2015)
If littering at the public gun range is not brought under control, the range may be closed down.
Last Shot
This is why you don’t let your fishing line go (or any other litter)  (April 25, 2015)
Photo
Parle creates interactive community experience to eradicate litter  (April 25, 2015)
Rolling Out
If you litter In Hong Kong, your face will be plastered all over the city  (April 24, 2015)
Hong Kong has rolled out a very brilliant method for stopping litterbugs.
Read This!
Litter overruns Syracuse, but it wasn't always this way  (April 24, 2015)
Letter
New York aims to cut waste by 90 percent by 2030  (April 24, 2015)
Full Story
Two student groups unite to clean, educate about cigarette butts for Earth Day  (April 24, 2015)
Youth Powered
Council debates: Should litter control officers carry guns?  (April 24, 2015)
Contentious
The best movie ever made about chewing gum: "Dark Side Of The Chew"
Stream It
Earth Day concert attendees commit basic littering faux pas  (April 24, 2015)
Oops!
Plastic Not Fantastic – Discarded carrier bags smother marine life  (April 23, 2015)
Irish Study
Keep Florida Beautiful holds awareness day at the Capitol  (April 23, 2015)
Rally
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup asks Canadians to do their part on Earth Day and beyond  (April 23, 2015)
More Here
Parle Products’ ‘Litter Free’ initiative gets an outdoor advertising push  (April 23, 2015)
Big Time
Cleaning up the messes in Peterborough  (April 23, 2015)
Ontario
Driver fined for flicking cigarette end from car in Cambridge litter crackdown  (April 23, 2015)
No 'Buts'
"Litterland" - A midweek edition for Earth Day 2015  (April 22, 2015)
Read It Here
Dark Side Of The Chew  (April 22, 2015)
World broadcast premiere airs tonight at 9  p.m., is a major contribution to education about chewing gum litter. Sheila White, founder of this website, appears in the documentary by Ontario filmmaker Andrew Nisker.  It debuts on TVO for Earth Day.
Details
How Eco Action Club celebrates ‘Earth Day’  (April 22, 2015)
Penn State
Illegal dumping making a mess in the city  (April 22, 2015)
City councillor says a collaborative effort is needed to clean up garbage littering Port Alberni
Full Story
Volunteers collect nearly 10 tons of litter  (April 22, 2015)
Read More
Highway litter is an embarrassment  (April 22, 2015)
Letter
Nine remanded for littering Kampala City  (April 21, 2015)
Story Here
Lismore City Council says no to littering  (April 21, 2015)
Big Show
Bath councillor June Player sets up litter picks with Stepping Stones Pre-School children  (April 21, 2015)
Right Move
Backpack blower to be awarded in litter pick-up campaign  (April 21, 2015)
"Great American Cleanup" now underway until May 31.
How To Win
EPA justifies massive salary hike for employee  (April 21, 2015)
Read More
Cabinet considers bill proposing prison sentence for littering   (April 20, 2015)
Ghana
Wastes litter National Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria  (April 20, 2015)
Upset
Richard Warren, 70, is hindered during London Marathon training due to the amount of litter  (April 20, 2015)
Full Story
Five small facts about balloon litter  (April 20, 2015)
Burst Myth
Charity boxes stuffed with litter in Sharjah  (April 19, 2015)
Donation points intended to help the needy being abused by residents in Sharjah
Read More
A better way to stop littering  (April 19, 2015)
Letter
Clean Toronto Together 2015 this weekend  (April 18, 2015)
Website
Activists see red over political flags littering Visakhapatnam  (April 18, 2015)
Full Story
Litter-ly Art – Youth Project, an idea from Peterborough, Ontario  (April 18, 2015)
See Details
More on Country Life Magazine media focus on ending littering epidemic in UK (April 18, 2015)
Background
Man gets held by Immigration for not paying littering fine, misses flight  (April 17, 2015)
Must Pay
Country Life magazine launches campaign to make littering as 'uncool' as smoking and drinking  (April 17, 2015)
In a strident editorial, the magazine proclaimed: “Britain’s collective rubbish dump is at an all-time high. We live in a flyblown nation that has lost its self-respect.”
Full Story
University of Guelph-designed compostable coffee pod hits shelves in fall  (April 17, 2015)
The PÜRPOD100 product is made from bio-based materials, even the ring of the pod is made using coffee chaff. The Ontario coffee maker is also suing Keurig for anti-competitive practices.
Breakthrough
David Sedaris: On writing, families, awards and litter (he hates it!)  (April 17, 2015)
He's Famous
Earth Week to start & cleanups planned  (April 17, 2015)
Alabama
Rant & Rave: Rant to littering, rave for cleaning it  (April 17, 2015)
Sound Off
Emberton Park residents complain about litter left on grounds after religious festival  (April 16, 2015)
Big Beef
Derby pupils behind city anti-litter posters  (April 16, 2015)
Read Here
Cash prizes now offered to volunteers in Spring Litter Sweep Week  (April 16, 2015)
Sweetener
City of Tybee may issue litter tickets during Orange Crush  (April 16, 2015)
City officials say they’ll have more than a hundred officers on patrol.
Warning
War on litter needs recruits says Council boss  (April 16, 2015)
“Sandwich wrappers and drink bottles are a particular problem. We will clean up now, but we need to educate people not to do it in the first place. We need to get people re-engaged.”
Takes Stand
Roadside volunteers warned about drug litter  (April 15, 2015)
Buckhout said the transportation department has been dealing with the issue in northern and western Kentucky for a while, but decided this year to issue warnings statewide
Full Story
Michigan State receiver Kings pleads down to littering charge  (April 15, 2015)
Fouled
Litter at the library in Orillia, Ontario  (April 15, 2015)
Brief
Portland, Maine kicks off initiatives to tackle waste, litter, ocean pollution  (April 15, 2015)
As Of Today
New South Coast campaign targets litterbugs  (April 15, 2015)
Down Under
Now, more garbage collection spots to check littering menace  (April 15, 2015)
Continue
Record Gasparilla crowd leaves loads of litter  (April 15, 2015)
'Mess'tival
Put trash where it belongs  (April 15, 2015)
Letter
Scottish study finds conflicting views on litter  (April 14, 2015)
The study of people's perceptions of litter, carried out by Zero Waste Scotland will be used to develop ways prevent littering behaviour, instead of continually spending time and money cleaning it up.
Top Story
Students’ Bermuda trash art presented to UN  (April 14, 2015)
Smart Art
Portland, Maine imposes nickel fee on shopping bags this week  (April 14, 2015)
Fee And Ban
What weird stuff was found on New Jersey beaches last year?  (April 14, 2015)
Read Here
Cleaning up litter in Finland has an expensive price tag  (April 13, 2015)
Story Here
The commandment Moses forgot? Stop littering.  (April 13, 2015)
Editorial
‘Mountains of garbage’ pile up over Passover  (April 13, 2015)
Israel
Fines increased and black points brought in for litter lout drivers  (April 13, 2015)
Abu Dhabi
Keep My Town Tidy statewide anti-litter campaign to launch during April in Iowa  (April 13, 2015)
Launched
Killeen: Volunteers participate in largest one-day State litter cleanup  (April 13, 2015)
Record Set
Big Brother is watching you . . . drop litter  (April 12, 2015)
We are trying to put Scotland at the forefront of litter prevention."
Lead Story
EPA Guyana says new anti-litter legislation effective  (April 12, 2015)
National Volunteer Week starts today
Read More
Donate some time, make a difference  (April 12, 2015)
National Volunteer Week starts today
Editorial
Covington resident: Stop littering city with ads  (April 12, 2015)
Controversy
Self-help model: The village that shaped its own destiny  (April 12, 2015)
No Litter
On Mobile’s new litter trap: "It's not the answer but part of it"  (April 11, 2015)
Installing
Litter trashes everyone  (April 11, 2015)
Opinion
For Visit the Philippines Year, environmental watchdog calls for zero tolerance on littering  (April 11, 2015)
From The Top
Taiwan: Fines for cigarette littering to be increased in Taipei  (April 11, 2015)
Story Here
Earth Day EcoFair, 7th Annual Litter Stomp for Kids Planned at Botanical Garden  (April 11, 2015)
Fun Stuff
Great British Beach Clean results  (April 11, 2015)
The general public proved to be the biggest source of litter, leaving behind items such as drinks bottles, plastic bags, food containers, drinks cans, dog poo bags, glass bottles, party poppers and balloons. During the survey, 101 different types of litter were recorded.
Read More
Foam food containers are about to become a ‘thing of the past’ in Portland  (April 10, 2015)
Full Story
Bega Valley Shire Council's 'Hey Tosser' campaign on this weekend  (April 10, 2015)
Council rangers will be out this weekend as part of the 'Hey Tosser' campaign against littering.
Blitz
Adopt-A-Highway’s 25th year in Michigan to begin with 1st litter pick-up Saturday  (April 10, 2015)
Milestone
Why Yorkshire will only win the war on litter with collective action  (April 10, 2015)
Letter
View Street plagued by litter and filth  (April 10, 2015)
“It is not right, I have children and can’t keep them from playing outside because of stuff such as this.”
South Africa
Dunna Chuck Bruck group challenges fast food giant  (April 9, 2015)
An anti-litter campaign group in Shetland is calling on global fast food giant McDonald’s to change its ways after finding four separate “happy meal” balloons on isles beaches in the first three months of 2015.
Read About
Neighbors blame litter on natural gas workers, call It ‘disrespect’  (April 9, 2015)
Get Action
The Swiss expedition “Race for Water Odyssey” reaches New York  (April 9, 2015)
Follow the R4WO’s progress live here  

More information about the program here
Full Story
Paltry fine for littering Georgetown needs to be revised - Deputy Mayor bemoans lack of collaboration  (April 9, 2015)
Reviewing
Bermuda honours anti-litter crusader  (April 9, 2015)
30 Years
'Keep Owasso Clean' promotes litter-free city  (April 9, 2015)
Call Out
Shane demands respect for Banner  (April 8, 2015)
Star hurler Shane O’Donnell
Champion
Marysville adds recycling bins in downtown to reduce litter  (April 8, 2015)
Nice Looking
The mind boggles over Derby litter-picking stupidity  (April 8, 2015)
Letter
Why do so many people recycle litter out of car windows?  (April 8, 2015)
Belfast
Litter dots several city areas of Amritsar  (April 8, 2015)
Bhagtanwala residents refuse to budge, block path to dumpyard
Problems
Truckers blamed for piss jugs littering highway ditches  (April 7, 2015)
We raised this serious problem in our recently released Annual Report.
Canada
Keep trash in pockets, help persecuted Christians, Catholics urged  (April 7, 2015)
Read More
Cracking down harder on littering  (April 7, 2015)
Letter
Litter control officer strives to keep Mercer clean  (April 7, 2015)
Town Hero
Ninety-six vehicle owners caught littering on roads in Kangar  (April 7, 2015)
Enforcing
Families hunt for trash instead of eggs along Des Moines trail  (April 6, 2015)
Holiday Story
Governor Haley proclaims ‘Zero Tolerance for Litter’ month in South Carolina (April 6, 2015)
Statewide
National Spring Clean website  (April 6, 2015)
View
Ghana's AMA boss unhappy with spare parts dealers  (April 6, 2015)
Learn Why
Take pride, take part, get involved, says Take Pride Winnipeg!  (April 6, 2015)
Gearing Up
City of Hamilton trashes Good Samaritan for parking lot cleanup  (April 5, 2015)
Radio Show
Story Here
Big Spring Clean: Join the anti-litter army set to sweep across the country  (April 5, 2015)
Recruiting
Clean-up volunteers lay waste to Limerick litter  (April 5, 2015)
Ten thousand volunteers
Impressive
Matt Martin: Erie's trash is not this man's treasure  (April 5, 2015)
Column
£100 charge for Derby volunteers to pick litter is 'bureaucracy gone mad'   (April 4, 2015)
Full Story
Anti-litter message still not getting through in Sligo Town  (April 4, 2015)
Still Trying
Councilors ask for residents to report litter offenders around the city to help curb illegal dumping   (April 4, 2015)
Birmingham
Litter mess spoils Dundee’s image  (April 4, 2015)
Ugh! What a mess in the centre of town. Public parks are also expected to be targeted by litter bugs this weekend.
Read More
Sea of litter and devotion  (April 3, 2015)
Photo
Businesses and environmental campaigners come together for anti-litter campaign  (April 3, 2015)
Hopeful
Pics: Paul O’Connell leads charge on litter in Limerick   (April 3, 2015)
View
Find out about the impact of marine litter  (April 3, 2015)
Good Story
Time to tackle the ribbons of litter that blight Yorkshire countryside    (April 3, 2015)
Urgent
Free trash dump day, Bluefield cleanup push county litter control efforts forward  (April 2, 2015)
Incentive
Keep late Singaporean President Lee’s legacy alive by not littering  (April 2, 2015)
In Memory
Columnist: Litter problem is spreading  (April 2, 2015)
Editorial
Cambodian Government to raise taxes to clean up litter in cities  (April 2, 2015)
To keep the fund going, he said, the government would raise taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and second-hand electronics.
Do The Math
Crack down harder on littering  (April 2, 2015)
Letter
Bash Trash with MDC and MoDOT’s Annual Trash Bash  (April 2, 2015)
Big Push
Litter sweep costs taxpayers extra £120k  (April 2, 2015)
“We cannot afford to keep clearing up after people.”
Too Costly
Shropshire attacker 'used his bare fists' to smash van's windows in litter row  (April 2, 2015)
Litter Crime
Litter picker abseils down 4,500-ft cliff on Chinese mountainside to collect tourists’ trash thrown over  (April 1, 2015)
Photo/Story
Rally at Alabama State House to push anti-littering campaign  (April 1, 2015)
Button Text
Parts of city litter bit too messy after winter  (April 1, 2015)
The Winnipeg litter data was collected last week, three weeks after the winter snow melt
Button Text
Students, community address litter concerns as summer months approach   (April 1, 2015)
Great To See
Queenstown Litter Trial extended   (April 1, 2015)
Seems Good
Nigeria's new president once jailed people for littering  (April 1, 2015)
Historic squeaker win for hardliner Bulhari
Full Story
Letter: Shameful littering at Holi Festival of Colors  (April 1, 2015)
Good Point
Trash bash in Terrytown takes aim at litter  (April 1, 2015)
New Orleans