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2015
TxDOT rolls out 12-foot trash ball in anti-litter campaign  (April 30, 2015)
Travellers ‘talk of town’ after pitching up in Waitrose car park in Trumpington  (April 30, 2015)
Anti-littering campaign uses DNA to identify litterbugs and put their faces on ads  (April 30, 2015)
Public can report dirty dogs in confidence  (April 30, 2015)
Driving You Crazy: Litter along valley highways  (April30, 2015)
Fridge in water just isn’t cool - concern over litter found at Tayside beach  (April 29, 2015)
Herne Bay litter bugs to be targeted by new patrols  (April 29, 2015)
Unusual items found during underwater litter pick in Dudley  (April 29, 2015)
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!
Barrow school children to tackle litter problem at nearby playing field  (April 29, 2015)
OP-ED: Vietnamese beaches are favorite places for littering  (April 29, 2015)
Generations come together for annual litter pick in Cwmavon  (April 29, 2015)
Parents, teach your children not to litter  (April 29, 2015)
Crack down on litterbugs  (April 28, 2015)
Tommy Kleyn, artist from Netherlands, cleans up river bank on daily commute to work  (April 28, 2015)
Drive for shopping bag fees, Styrofoam ban spreads in Maine, hits Brunswick, Topsham  (April 28, 2015)
If you ever litter streets in Hong Kong . . . this high technology will EXPOSE you!  (April 28, 2015)
Passion for litter-free Shoals extends to school competition  (April 27, 2015)
The Face of Litter  (April 27, 2015)
Tackling trash with technology and awareness  (April 27, 2015)
Litter Unit conducts sensitization activities at Guyana’s bus parks  (April 26, 2015)
Earth Day clean-ups aim to rid Peterborough parks of litter  (April 26, 2015)
Communities in Bloom cleanup, new litter incentive policy, to help tidy up Yarmouth  (April 26, 2015)
Jamaican government increase penalties littering  (April 25, 2015)
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.
This is why you don’t let your fishing line go (or any other litter)  (April 25, 2015)
Parle creates interactive community experience to eradicate litter  (April 25, 2015)
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.
Litter overruns Syracuse, but it wasn't always this way  (April 24, 2015)
New York aims to cut waste by 90 percent by 2030  (April 24, 2015)
Two student groups unite to clean, educate about cigarette butts for Earth Day  (April 24, 2015)
Council debates: Should litter control officers carry guns?  (April 24, 2015)
The best movie ever made about chewing gum: "Dark Side Of The Chew"
Earth Day concert attendees commit basic littering faux pas  (April 24, 2015)
Plastic Not Fantastic – Discarded carrier bags smother marine life  (April 23, 2015)
Keep Florida Beautiful holds awareness day at the Capitol  (April 23, 2015)
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup asks Canadians to do their part on Earth Day and beyond  (April 23, 2015)
Parle Products’ ‘Litter Free’ initiative gets an outdoor advertising push  (April 23, 2015)
Cleaning up the messes in Peterborough  (April 23, 2015)
Driver fined for flicking cigarette end from car in Cambridge litter crackdown  (April 23, 2015)
"Litterland" - A midweek edition for Earth Day 2015  (April 22, 2015)
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.
How Eco Action Club celebrates ‘Earth Day’  (April 22, 2015)
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
Volunteers collect nearly 10 tons of litter  (April 22, 2015)
Highway litter is an embarrassment  (April 22, 2015)
Nine remanded for littering Kampala City  (April 21, 2015)
Lismore City Council says no to littering  (April 21, 2015)
Bath councillor June Player sets up litter picks with Stepping Stones Pre-School children  (April 21, 2015)
Backpack blower to be awarded in litter pick-up campaign  (April 21, 2015)
"Great American Cleanup" now underway until May 31.
EPA justifies massive salary hike for employee  (April 21, 2015)
Cabinet considers bill proposing prison sentence for littering   (April 20, 2015)
Wastes litter National Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria  (April 20, 2015)
Richard Warren, 70, is hindered during London Marathon training due to the amount of litter  (April 20, 2015)
Five small facts about balloon litter  (April 20, 2015)
Charity boxes stuffed with litter in Sharjah  (April 19, 2015)
Donation points intended to help the needy being abused by residents in Sharjah
A better way to stop littering  (April 19, 2015)
Clean Toronto Together 2015 this weekend  (April 18, 2015)
Activists see red over political flags littering Visakhapatnam  (April 18, 2015)
Litter-ly Art – Youth Project, an idea from Peterborough, Ontario  (April 18, 2015)
More on Country Life Magazine media focus on ending littering epidemic in UK (April 18, 2015)
Man gets held by Immigration for not paying littering fine, misses flight  (April 17, 2015)
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.”
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.
David Sedaris: On writing, families, awards and litter (he hates it!)  (April 17, 2015)
Earth Week to start & cleanups planned  (April 17, 2015)
Rant & Rave: Rant to littering, rave for cleaning it  (April 17, 2015)
Emberton Park residents complain about litter left on grounds after religious festival  (April 16, 2015)
Derby pupils behind city anti-litter posters  (April 16, 2015)
Cash prizes now offered to volunteers in Spring Litter Sweep Week  (April 16, 2015)
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.
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.”
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
Michigan State receiver Kings pleads down to littering charge  (April 15, 2015)
Litter at the library in Orillia, Ontario  (April 15, 2015)
Portland, Maine kicks off initiatives to tackle waste, litter, ocean pollution  (April 15, 2015)
New South Coast campaign targets litterbugs  (April 15, 2015)
Now, more garbage collection spots to check littering menace  (April 15, 2015)
Record Gasparilla crowd leaves loads of litter  (April 15, 2015)
Put trash where it belongs  (April 15, 2015)
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.
Students’ Bermuda trash art presented to UN  (April 14, 2015)
Portland, Maine imposes nickel fee on shopping bags this week  (April 14, 2015)
What weird stuff was found on New Jersey beaches last year?  (April 14, 2015)
Cleaning up litter in Finland has an expensive price tag  (April 13, 2015)
The commandment Moses forgot? Stop littering.  (April 13, 2015)
‘Mountains of garbage’ pile up over Passover  (April 13, 2015)
Fines increased and black points brought in for litter lout drivers  (April 13, 2015)
Keep My Town Tidy statewide anti-litter campaign to launch during April in Iowa  (April 13, 2015)
Killeen: Volunteers participate in largest one-day State litter cleanup  (April 13, 2015)
Big Brother is watching you . . . drop litter  (April 12, 2015)
We are trying to put Scotland at the forefront of litter prevention."
EPA Guyana says new anti-litter legislation effective  (April 12, 2015)
National Volunteer Week starts today
Donate some time, make a difference  (April 12, 2015)
National Volunteer Week starts today
Covington resident: Stop littering city with ads  (April 12, 2015)
Self-help model: The village that shaped its own destiny  (April 12, 2015)
On Mobile’s new litter trap: "It's not the answer but part of it"  (April 11, 2015)
Litter trashes everyone  (April 11, 2015)
For Visit the Philippines Year, environmental watchdog calls for zero tolerance on littering  (April 11, 2015)
Taiwan: Fines for cigarette littering to be increased in Taipei  (April 11, 2015)
Earth Day EcoFair, 7th Annual Litter Stomp for Kids Planned at Botanical Garden  (April 11, 2015)
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.
Foam food containers are about to become a ‘thing of the past’ in Portland  (April 10, 2015)
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.
Adopt-A-Highway’s 25th year in Michigan to begin with 1st litter pick-up Saturday  (April 10, 2015)
Why Yorkshire will only win the war on litter with collective action  (April 10, 2015)
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.”
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.
Neighbors blame litter on natural gas workers, call It ‘disrespect’  (April 9, 2015)
The Swiss expedition “Race for Water Odyssey” reaches New York  (April 9, 2015)
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Paltry fine for littering Georgetown needs to be revised - Deputy Mayor bemoans lack of collaboration  (April 9, 2015)
Bermuda honours anti-litter crusader  (April 9, 2015)
'Keep Owasso Clean' promotes litter-free city  (April 9, 2015)
Shane demands respect for Banner  (April 8, 2015)
Star hurler Shane O’Donnell
Marysville adds recycling bins in downtown to reduce litter  (April 8, 2015)
The mind boggles over Derby litter-picking stupidity  (April 8, 2015)
Why do so many people recycle litter out of car windows?  (April 8, 2015)
Litter dots several city areas of Amritsar  (April 8, 2015)
Bhagtanwala residents refuse to budge, block path to dumpyard
Truckers blamed for piss jugs littering highway ditches  (April 7, 2015)
We raised this serious problem in our recently released Annual Report.
Keep trash in pockets, help persecuted Christians, Catholics urged  (April 7, 2015)
Cracking down harder on littering  (April 7, 2015)
Litter control officer strives to keep Mercer clean  (April 7, 2015)
Ninety-six vehicle owners caught littering on roads in Kangar  (April 7, 2015)
Families hunt for trash instead of eggs along Des Moines trail  (April 6, 2015)
Governor Haley proclaims ‘Zero Tolerance for Litter’ month in South Carolina (April 6, 2015)
National Spring Clean website  (April 6, 2015)
Ghana's AMA boss unhappy with spare parts dealers  (April 6, 2015)
Take pride, take part, get involved, says Take Pride Winnipeg!  (April 6, 2015)
City of Hamilton trashes Good Samaritan for parking lot cleanup  (April 5, 2015)
Big Spring Clean: Join the anti-litter army set to sweep across the country  (April 5, 2015)
Clean-up volunteers lay waste to Limerick litter  (April 5, 2015)
Ten thousand volunteers
Matt Martin: Erie's trash is not this man's treasure  (April 5, 2015)
£100 charge for Derby volunteers to pick litter is 'bureaucracy gone mad'   (April 4, 2015)
Anti-litter message still not getting through in Sligo Town  (April 4, 2015)
Councilors ask for residents to report litter offenders around the city to help curb illegal dumping   (April 4, 2015)
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.
Sea of litter and devotion  (April 3, 2015)
Businesses and environmental campaigners come together for anti-litter campaign  (April 3, 2015)
Pics: Paul O’Connell leads charge on litter in Limerick   (April 3, 2015)
Find out about the impact of marine litter  (April 3, 2015)
Time to tackle the ribbons of litter that blight Yorkshire countryside    (April 3, 2015)
Free trash dump day, Bluefield cleanup push county litter control efforts forward  (April 2, 2015)
Keep late Singaporean President Lee’s legacy alive by not littering  (April 2, 2015)
Columnist: Litter problem is spreading  (April 2, 2015)
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.
Crack down harder on littering  (April 2, 2015)
Bash Trash with MDC and MoDOT’s Annual Trash Bash  (April 2, 2015)
Litter sweep costs taxpayers extra £120k  (April 2, 2015)
“We cannot afford to keep clearing up after people.”
Shropshire attacker 'used his bare fists' to smash van's windows in litter row  (April 2, 2015)
Litter picker abseils down 4,500-ft cliff on Chinese mountainside to collect tourists’ trash thrown over  (April 1, 2015)
Rally at Alabama State House to push anti-littering campaign  (April 1, 2015)
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
Students, community address litter concerns as summer months approach   (April 1, 2015)
Queenstown Litter Trial extended   (April 1, 2015)
Nigeria's new president once jailed people for littering  (April 1, 2015)
Historic squeaker win for hardliner Bulhari
Letter: Shameful littering at Holi Festival of Colors  (April 1, 2015)
Trash bash in Terrytown takes aim at litter  (April 1, 2015)