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"Litter Control in Ontario: No Time To Waste"
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"Ontario's Litter Problem: In Whose Hands Does It Rest?"
<< << <<  Second Annual Progress Report (2014)
2016
Tennessee must address its littering problem, says performer  (April 30, 2016)
Column
Election 2016: Ross says campaign will help reduce littering and dog fouling  (April 30, 2016)
Politics
Alberta proposes changes to minor ticket fines, will use auto registries rather than arrests  (April 30, 2016)
Better Way?
Instagram orders litter app to dump identify  (April 30, 2016)
Controversy
Anti-litter app Littergram does two things – social justice and infringing Instagram's trademark  (April 30, 2016)
Read More
Council rakes in over 200k in littering, dog fouling and parking fines  (April 30, 2016)
Adding Up
Car club members clean up road side litter  (April 30, 2016)
Neat
Impose huge fines for littering roads  (April 30, 2016)
Article
Instagram insists littergram app is renamed  (April 29, 2016)
Battle
Millions of microplastics litter Great Lakes  (April 29, 2016)
Science
Alphington councillor slams litter problem at KFC, Starbucks and McDonald’s  (April 29, 2016)
Upset
Campus cleanup on Earth Day collects 145 kilograms of trash  (April 29, 2016)
Found items include a parking ticket, tax textbook, glass slipper, and a wandering baby rabbit
Calgary
Poll: Should litter louts be named and shamed?  (April 29, 2016)
Most Say 'Yes'
Ottawa's cigarette butt waste program needs work, business group says  (April 28, 2016)
Full Story
Anti-litter fines to increase — Minister  (April 28, 2016)
Jamaica
Instagram takes legal action over litter app  (April 28, 2016)
Nasty
Joint Nordic Statement on marine plastic litter and microplastics  (April 28 2016)
Read
Electronics City flyover becoming an eyesore because of littering  (April 28 2016)
Road Litter
Baltimore cop confronted for littering by video vigilante  (April 27, 2016)
See This
Litter pics could net prizes  (April 27, 2016)
Contest
Watch Llanelli political candidate Lee Waters on his bid to 'clean up Llanelli'  (April 27, 2016)
Viral Video
Real cost of littering goes beyond appearance  (April 27, 2016)
Read More
Monitoring litter to come up with plastic pollution solution for Illawarra  (April 27, 2016)
Good Plan
Old dogs and new tricks  (April 27, 2016)
Column
Drive for shopping bag fees, Styrofoam ban hits Brunswick, Topsham  (April 26, 2016)
Full Story
Calls for action over litter blighting our roads  (April 26, 2016)
UK Video
The 'Litter Critters' lead litter learning  (April 26, 2016)
Story Here
Tilton planning town-wide yard sale, litter clean-up  (April 26, 2016)
Brief
 Judge's son back in court after charges of marijuana use, littering  (April 26, 2016)
Irony
Ruff justice? Errant Leeds dog owners and litter bugs face tougher on-the-spot fines  (April 25, 2016)
Read More
Clear-up litter campaign gains momentum in Dover  (April 25, 2016)
Full Story
City of Cape prefers cleanup bills to tickets for littering  (April 24, 2016)
Read More
Earth Day clean-up takes litter off streets in Winnipeg (April 24, 2016)
Results
Anti-litter campaign launched in province  (April 23, 2016)
Nova Scotia
Litterbugs are costing taxpayers millions to clean state roads on Long Island  (April 23, 2016)
Video
Clean Toronto Together - Corporate and School Clean-up day - Community Clean-up Day  (April 22, 2016)
Earth Day
Earth Day Clean-Up in Winnipeg (April 22, 2016)
Keen
Ramps smothered in SAUCE is latest litter outrage at Cheddar park  (April 22, 2016)
Full Story
Girl Guides of Canada takes action against shoreline litter this Earth Day  (April 22, 2016)
Leaders
Alamgir Khan faces court action for littering outside CM House   (April 22, 2016)
TV Star
Horrible weather doesn’t deter volunteers to HIT litter  (April 22, 2016)
Undaunted
Woman litters and scolds cleaning staff  (April 21, 2016)
“If I don’t litter, you will be out of job!”
Bad Logic
Louisiana leaders get their hands dirty at anti-litter event  (April 21, 2016)
Big Push
Northampton Councillor is determined to make St. James a Litter Free Zone  (April 21, 2016)
Hands On
Jute waste bags for tourists to make Shimla litter-free  (April 21, 2016)
Good Idea
Limestone commissioners struggle to keep up with illegal dumping, littering  (April 21, 2016)
Read More
Group is keeping Morris Plains cleaner and litter free  (April 21 , 2016)
'Team Jersey'
Across China: Reservoirs clogged by littering villagers  (April 20, 2016)
Crisis
Hull litter epidemic: Meet the crews cleaning up our streets  (April 20, 2016)
Snapshot
Want to save cleanup costs? Stop littering  (April 20, 2016)
Opinion
People’s Park litter scandal  (April 20, 2016)
A Mess
"Pathetic" council fails to fine anyone for dropping litter in Crawley in an entire year  (April 20, 2016)
Read More
Cigarette litter remains a 1.69 million pound problem  (April 20, 2016)
Tobacco Free Florida encourages Floridians to play their part in reducing cigarette litter
Campaign
Northampton’s new litter lout enforcers hand out £5,600 worth of penalties in first week  (April 20, 2016)
Big Haul
1st Day Out Against Litter deemed a success  (April 20, 2016)
Good Try
Donegal woman has come up smelling of ‘Primroses’  (April 20, 2016)
Role Model
Flyers PA asks fans to ‘have some class’ after littering ice with wristbands  (April 19, 2016)
Full Story
Student who prompted daily’s ‘chick-bait’ story fined for littering  (April 19, 2016)
Update
Litter mounts on Sweden's SW coast  (April 19, 2016)
Sweden's south-western coast has seen a significant increase in the amount of litter that washes up on its shores: researchers.
Troubling
Shreveport police conduct week long litter operation  (April 19, 2016)
Great Plan
Sullivan may institute new litter management fee office  (April 19, 2016)
Pondering
"Litter cleanup uses valuable resources"  (April 19, 2016)
Letter
Monaghan County Council spent €680,000 cleaning up litter in 2015  (April 19, 2016)
Brief
Minister wants mandatory sentence for litterbugs in Zimbabwe  (April 18, 2016)
Full Story
Hundreds roll up their sleeves to pick up litter in Harrisburg  (April 18, 2016)
Roundup
Medicine Hat's annual litter blitz set for May 7  (April 18, 2016)
Details
Litter volunteer turned away from the tip on Salters Lane, Faversham, due to Kent County Council policy  (April 17, 2016)
Read More
City Hall's 'Litter-Free Run' April 17  (April 17, 2016)
Malaysia
Waterloo McDonalds customers shamed for lazy littering  (April 17, 2016)
Full Story
Spring Litter Sweep planned   (April 16, 2016)
Volunteer
£584 littering fine for woman who dropped fag next to ashtray  (April 16, 2016)
Read More
Litter problem highlighted at train station and park areas in Deal  (April 16, 2016)
Sound Off
Litter, garbage lining the Delaware River in Camden  (April 16, 2016)
A Mess
Don’t misuse litter bins – AMA warns residents, traders  (April 16, 2016)
Take Note
Hull litter epidemic blamed on funding cuts  (April 16, 2016)
Layoffs
Three variants of litter utilization according to Putin  (April 16, 2016)
Russia
Barnsley Council issues litter warning  (April 15, 2016)
Full Story
Dubai goes high-tech in catching people littering in beaches, deserts  (April 15, 2016)
Read More
Councillor warns of danger to roadside litter pickers  (April 15, 2016)
Brief
Communities get ready for litter clean-ups; celebrate Earth Week  (April 15, 2016)
Digging In
Lottery losers litter roadways and meth makers leave us explosives in bottles  (April 15, 2016)
Column
‘Drugs litter is still a major problem’ in Wrexham  (April 15, 2016)
Concerns
Keeping Juneau clean for 100 years  (April 14, 2016)
Teamwork
Student fined for littering after THAT KFC meal was strewn across Cheltenham pavement (April 14, 2016)
Full Story
City Hall gets tough on litterbugs (April 14, 2016)
Borneo
Environmental problems: littering in Lithuania - one student's view (April 14, 2016)
Column
Improvement works used as bin by litter louts (April 14, 2016)
Frustrating
Northamptonshire man fined nearly £500 after being caught on camera dropping litter  (April 14, 2016)
Nabbed
Waterford Council ‘losing the battle’ against illegal dumping and littering (April 14, 2016)
Read More
Lower Kingswood litter tip cleared after walker raises stink (April 14, 2016)
Case Made
Adding more cleaners not the answer to litter problem in Singapore (April 14, 2016)
Letter
Punjab Assembly introduces tough laws against littering  (April 13, 2016)
Full Story
Australia falling behind third world on global map of plastic bag bans   (April 13, 2016)
Shocker
Trash Bash ready to clean up Quinte  (April 13, 2016)
High Hopes
EPA says new anti-litter legislation effective  (April 13, 2016)
Read More
Rate your road: Litter index names the trashiest city streets  (April 13, 2016)
Winnipeg
Straws Suck: Charity wants Vancouver to stop using plastic straws  (April 12, 2016)
New!
Data watchdog’s contact indicates unhappiness with Dublin's littering images  (April 12, 2016)
Controversy
Litter louts stoop to new low  (April 12, 2016)
Disgusting
Devon resort sees 600 litter fines in eight months after private firm brought in  (April 12, 2016)
Full Story
Take Pride Winnipeg ranks city’s dirtiest streets  (April 12, 2016)
Read More
Northwest Winnipeg ranked city’s dirtiest neighbourhood  (April 12, 2016)
Details
Dublin litter poster may breach data protection laws  (April 12, 2016)
Fine Line
Mayors’ thanks to litter pickers  (April 12, 2016)
Important
There is ever mounting litter in Linden  (April 12, 2016)
Complaint
Fly-tipping headache as Wolverhampton City Council sees 234 cases a month  (April 11, 2016)
Full Story
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council vow to end litter after sexual items found near children's park  (April 11, 2016)
Outrage
Dream Runners to promote litter-free environment  (April 11, 2016)
Pace Setter
Leitrim County Council looks to increase its adopt-a-road anti-litter programme  (April 11, 2016)
In The Plan
Green running mixes exercise and litter pickup  (April 11, 2016)
Good Fit
Boy Scouts could earn commemorative patch for litter pick up  (April 10, 2016)
Texas Event
Warning to litter louts after five fined £2,000  (April 9, 2016)
Full Story
Cleanliness: Agency urges use of bins along trails
News Brief
Meragang park plagued by litter  (April 9, 2016)
Brunei
Smoker in viral video of 'heavy handed' litter warden wins appeal: Your Facebook comments  (April 9, 2016)
Reaction
Torbay litter fines up after private firm takes over  (April  9, 2016)
BBC Story
Chickamauga's anti-litter campaign is April 16  (April 9, 2016)
More
Watch a smoker confront a litter warden before winning his appeal against a heavy-handed fine  (April 8, 2016)
Here you will get nabbed for the inadvertent drop of a cigarette paper.
Video
Littering and dog fouling are focus of crackdown in Wrexham  (April 8, 2016)
Trying Hard
Aberdeenshire Council dishes out just five fines for litter in last five years​  (April 8, 2016)
Why Not?
Officers take '1 mile challenge' to fight litter in Spartanburg County  (April 8, 2016)
Involved
Growing litter issue extends to local rivers  (April 7, 2016)
Troubling
Littering on public places to be fined soon  (April 7, 2016)
Read More
The big debate: Uckfield by-pass litter  (April 7, 2016)
Speaking Out
Anti-litter “ambassadors” to champion Tydavnet Parish Spring Clean 2016  (April 7, 2016)
Good Idea
Now pay user fee or spot fine for littering  (April 7, 2016)
Full Story
168 million drink containers are littered in NSW every year  (April 7, 2016)
Problem
Litterbugs facing steep fines in the upstate  (April 6, 2016)
Details
Park litter on the rise  (April 6, 2016)
Australia
Long lost war medals returned by litter pickers  (April 6, 2016)
Heartening
Swachh Abhiyan hits home: get set to pay for waste management, littering  (April 6, 2016)
Read More
At age 30, ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’ has cleaned up litter and bumped up state revenues  (April 6, 2016)
Happy B'day
‘Please don’t litter the school grounds’  (April 6, 2016)
Good Kids
Cornwall is urged to help tackle marine litter  (April 6, 2016)
In Demand
Millom councillors urge public to have more 'civic pride'  (April 6, 2016)
Appeal
Littering costs county taxpayers £1.2 million  (April 6, 2016)
Read More
Dubai to deploy drones to catch people littering the city  (April 5, 2016)
The drones will be used to monitor beaches, campsites and desert areas
This Is New
Tunbridge Wells resident hits out at clubbers littering Fiveways with food and urine  (April 5, 2016)
Outcry
EMA expresses concern over littering at roadblocks  (April 5, 2016)
Zimbabwe
Litter blitz gets results  (April 5, 2016)
Full Story
Verdun launches cheeky ad campaign aimed at shaming those who litter  (April 5, 2016)
See This
Laois litter crisis epidemic a plague on our society  (April 5, 2016)
Read More
A Briton's one-man campaign for a litter-free Marseille  (April 5, 2016)
Profile
State litter laws need to be tougher  (April 5, 2016)
Mississippi
Let's talk about litter  (April 4, 2016)
Editorial
'Litter on a stick:' Oklahoma City crews to take down illegal signs along streets  (April 4, 2006)
Blitz
Agencies legally bound to tackle scourge of litter  (April 4, 2006)
Letter
Pupils highlight litter, lack of facilities and streetlights  (April 3, 2016)
Full Story
Volunteers to ‘Make It Shine’ by picking up litter in West Virginia  (April 3, 2016)
Kick-Off
Brisbane City Council appeals decision that let art gallery owner Philip Bacon off a littering fine  (April 2, 2016)
Big Story
Dania Beach has a serious littering problem  (April 2, 2016)
Florida
Litter officers told to use powers to prevent litter  (April 2, 2016)
Fiji
Big Bazaar in soup in Kerala over scrap exchange scheme  (April 2, 2016)
Dumping
Now, pay Rs 500 fine for peeing, spitting and littering in public  (April 2, 2016)
India
42 residents fined for littering and fly tipping in first fortnight of litter warden crackdown  (April 2, 2016)
Privatized
‘Litter is destroying natural beauty of our local area’  (April 2, 2016)
So True
Butts: ‘unnecessary toxic litter’  (April 2, 2016)
Read More
Parents of child litter louts receive warning letters from council  (April 1, 2016)
No Joke
Litter: A repulsive boroughwide blight -- and noble efforts to stem the tide  (April 1, 2016)
NYC
Brisbane resident makes anti-litter documentary Backyard and starts In the Bin online community  (April 1, 2016)
Activist
Man cited for littering following report of prowler in Rochester neighborhood  (April 1, 2016)
Crime News
Limestone commissioner voices concern over litter  (April 1, 2016)
Speaks Out
Litter lottery revealed as Belfast takes 150 louts to court, other councils none  (April 1, 2016)
Full Story
100 people prosecuted in Northern Ireland each year for failing to pay litter fines  (April 1, 2016)
Read More
Litter making Larne look like a ‘pig sty’: claim  (April 1, 2016)
Not Pretty
Clean up sees more than 500 bags filled with rubbish  (April 1, 2016)
Big Haul
Scioto County declares war on litter  (April 1, 2016)
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