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News Reel . . .  April, 2021

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Sunday Newsletter: This Week In "Litterland"
Issue #409
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. . . dedicated
​to lowering
​the rate of littering

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RECENT MONTHLY PAGES
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2021 on pace to break all-time records for amount of litter collected in North Carolina  (April 30, 2021)
Too Much
Reduce river litter, reduce poverty, says environmental nonprofit leader  (April 30, 2021)
Read More
Our litter on land is strangling Miami’s waterways  (April 30, 2021)
Tragic
Anti-littering campaign Don’t Trash Our Future unveils giant image of woodpecker trapped in mask  (April 30, 2021)
See This
​Six thousand kilograms of waste collected by volunteers during PG Spring Cleanup  (April 30, 2021)
A Mess
Sandwich wrapper from 1992 found as litter in Cairngorms  (April 30, 2021)
BBC
Perth police slam 'selfish' littering as 16 youths dealt with for antisocial behaviour  (April 30, 2021)
Scotland
McDonalds franchisee considers using number plate tech to stop litterbugs  (April 29, 2021)
Full Story
Brighton residents can clean up their neighbourhoods  (April 29, 2021)
Opportunity
Food trucks get green light to roll into 3 Saanich parks this summer  (April 29, 2021)
Read More
Local middle schoolers launch anti-litter campaign  (April 29, 2021)
Top Marks
St. Catharines introducing free beach parking passes for residents; paid parking for out-of-towners  (April 29, 2021)
Crowd Control
'Dramatic increase' in litter as lockdown restrictions are eased  (April 28, 2021)
UK Update
Step inside the garbage museum in Lebanon County that is made from your litter and trash  (April 28, 2021)
Unique
Plastic rain is falling from the sky. But where's it coming from?  (April 28, 2021)
Science News
13,000 pounds of garbage hauled off Spooner sledding area this winter  (April 28, 2021)
Story Here
Council hears about efforts to reduce litter, clean up city  (April 28, 2021)
Read More
Want to make your town a better place?  (April 28, 2021)
Column
A New View – Camden, NJ: Public art and litter awareness a cool, new project and website  (April 27, 2021)
Must See
Ohio anti-littering campaign unveiled  (April 27, 2021)
Details Here
Anti-Litter campaign returns in New Brunswick  (April 27, 2021)
Read More
Social media campaign to help combat dog litter  (April 27, 2021)
Don't Poo-Poo
Downtown and river valley cleanup helps get rid of litter  (April 26, 2021)
Teamwork
Meet The Samurai Litter Pickers Of Japan  (April 25, 2021)
Video
​Mass litter clean up leaves LaGrange better than they found it  (April 24, 2021)
Good Motto
Wichita, WSU to conduct study of litter across the city  (April 24, 2021)
Read More
Experts: Littering COVID face masks put animals at risk  (April 24, 2021
A Concern
Mobile County anti-litter program re-launches with incentives  (April 24, 2021)
Details
'Litter pandemic': Environmental groups urge proper disposal of used PPE  (April 24, 2021)
Take Note
Don't be a litter bug: County designs new anti-litter campaign sign  (April 24, 2021)
See It
Earth Day shines light on litter issue in Rhode Island, with McKee rolling up his sleeves  (April 24, 2021)
A Leader
​Ohio unveils anti-litter campaign in time for Earth Day  (April 23, 2021)
Brand New
​'I just can't stand the sight of garbage': Guelph man takes litter into his own hands  (April 23, 2021)
A Champ
Keep America Beautiful releases largest study on litter in America  (April 23, 2021)
Full Story
The Study
​For Israeli cigarette butt collector, every day is Earth Day  (April 23, 2021)
See This
One Island’s Trash: Litter Derby yields 18 tons of garbage  (April 23, 2021)
Read More
​Mask pollution becomes new litter problem for the state of Washington  (April 23, 2021)
Story Here
Expedition hauls tons of plastic out of remote Hawaii atolls  (April 23, 2021)
Grim Toll
Earth Day in South Carolina: Easiest fix is just to stop littering   (April 22, 2021)
Editorial
Amount of litter in Mississauga is unbelievable   (April 22, 2021)
A Complaint
'I find them everywhere': Stouffville resident says mask litter is becoming a big problem   (April 22, 2021)
A Problem
Anti-Litter campaign announced to kick off Earth Day  (April 22, 2021)
Get Details
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Election 2021: Beating the 'litter pandemic'  (April 21, 2021)
Full Story
Cape Breton welcomes return of community litter cleaning event  (April 21, 2021)
Story Here
Local schools competing in Litter Quitters video project  (April 21, 2021)
See Entries
Mask litter and other PPE trash poses an environmental risk  (April 21, 2021)
A Fact
Banning bottle toss could cause safety issues in trash zones  (April 21, 2021)
Analysis
Scots urged to look after our great outdoors as fears of littering in beauty spots grows after lockdown  (April 21, 2021)
Read More
​'Beautifying where they play': Girl Guides pitch in to rid community of ‘unsightly’ litter  (April 21, 2021)
Role Models
Earth Day litter clean up a chance to show "community pride"  (April 21, 2021)
So True
City asking residents to clear litter from drains  (April 20, 2021)
This Helps
​Lives with Less Plastic offering Earth Week Challenges  (April 20, 2021)
See List
A Lansing group is cleaning up the community they love  (April 20, 2021)
Valuable
​Little litter pickers support valued member of their community  (April 20, 2021)
Read More
City leadership is lacking  (April 20, 2021)
Letter
Borough President announces the weekend anti-litter campaign ‘Own the 18′  (April 20, 2021)
New!
More than four million pounds of litter removed from NC roadsides so far in 2021  (April 20, 2021)
Too Much
​New high quality integrated marine litter dataset and data products for Europe  (April 19, 2021)
Science
Couple: Man has tossed used cups in their yard for three years  (April 19, 2021)
Full Story
Daniel Lewis, adolescent litter-fighter cleaning up Merthyr Tydfil’s roads​  (April 19, 2021)
Read More
For Earth Day, cleaning up Buffalo's beloved parks heavy with pandemic litter  (April 18, 2021)
Good Move
Laguna Beach to consider standardizing fines for littering and drinking in public  (April 18, 2021)
A Plan
First litter cleanup of the year kicks off Michigan's Adopt-A-Highway program  (April 18, 2021)
Bravo!
Litter takes over local parks soon after getting cleaned up, city employees say  (April 17, 2021)
Read More
Hundreds to take to Tacoma streets on Saturday for city-wide clean up. You’re invited  (April 17, 2021)
Needed
‘Pissed off’: Prince George’s Co. launches new litter cleanup efforts, crackdown on litterbugs  (April 17, 2021)
Story Here
Litter is a ‘huge issue’ in Hamilton. These residents are doing something about it  (April 16, 2021)
Full Story
Clean Green Beautiful aims to set new litter cleanup record  (April 16, 2021)
Read More
Reader challenges others to clean up litter in the community  (April 16, 2021)
Letter
Plastic pollution is on the rise thanks to the pandemic. What can we do?  (April 16, 2021)
In Depth
Government of Canada invests in reducing plastic waste  (April 16, 2021)
Details
Some city parks could close early this weekend  (April 15, 2021)
Read More
'Littering is bad for the Earth': 3-year-old Sask. boy leads by example by cleaning up skate park  (April 15, 2021)
Smart Kid
Strict penalties amended for first time offenders throwing bottles in races  (April 15, 2021)
An Update
As snow melts, thousands of pounds of trash revealed in Tahoe  (April 15, 2021)
Not Right
Trash Bash is back in the bag for 2021 in Kamloops  (April 15, 2021)
It's Back
“Enough is enough”: Council increases on-the-spot litter fine to £150  (April 14, 2021)
Full Story
Litter pick 'loan hub' set up to encourage volunteers  (April 14, 2021)
Good Idea
Littered masks and gloves are harming and even killing animals  (April 14, 2021)
Take Heed
Litter a 'horrendous' problem at Orillia's waterfront: councillor  (April 14, 2021)
A Problem
​Riders hope to overturn bottle disqualification rule at UCI meeting  (April 14, 2021)
An Update
Jefferson Co students aim to win $1000 in anti-littering competition  (April 14, 2021)
Incentive
Greensboro has a litter problem. What are people doing about it?  (April 14, 2021)
Analysis
West Nipissing cleanup group says litter problem is getting worse  (April 13, 2021)
Ontario
Baykeeper adds unique trash cans in downtown Mobile to cut down on litter  (April 13, 2021)
Read More
Group removes 3,000 pounds of litter from river  (April 13, 2021)
Wow!
There is no excuse for all the littering  (April 13, 2021)
Editorial
South Carolina police crack down on littering this week  (April 13, 2021)
Enforcing
Britain's 'Biggest Ever Beach Clean Up' to tackle lockdown litter  (April 13, 2021)
Major
Montreal 'masketeers' find sense of purpose cleaning up PPE littering Villeray streets  (April 12, 2021)
A Profile
Masks the creeps among us discard (April 12, 2021)
Get Story
New project to help 30 developing countries tackle marine litter scourge (April 12, 2021)
Global
In one week, Fredericton woman collects nearly 600 masks littering city  (April 11, 2021)
Read More
Pennsylvania litter laws you may have unknowingly agreed to  (April 11, 2021)
Neat Idea
UN Food and Agriculture Organization joins world initiative against marine litter  (April 11, 2021)
World News
Volunteers rappel down Mt. Washington to clean up litter  (April 11, 2021)
Necessary
Water pollution is killing millions of Indians. Here's how technology and reliable data can change that  (April 10, 2021)
Full Story
Britain’s Million Mile Mission  (April 10, 2021)
Cleaning UK
Can drones and AI help tackle litter?  (April 10, 2021)
A Test
Toronto crews ready for city-wide spring cleanup  (April 10, 2021)
Details
​IDOT campaign reminds motorists about cost of littering  (April 10, 2021)
Read More
Litter Quitters and Litter Gitters  (April 10, 2021)
A Contest
Champaign residents seek litter solutions after delayed city cleanup efforts, untracked complaints  (April 10, 2021)
Story Here
Toronto cleanup cancelled  (April 9, 2021)
Unfortunate
New project to help 30 developing countries tackle marine litter scourge  (April 9, 2021)
Encouraging
Beach visitors see more plastic than wildlife amid growing litter scourge  (April 9, 2021)
So Sad
Keeping stretch of Back Road litter free is Ronan man's personal mission  (April 9, 2021)
Inspiring
Discarded masks litter beaches around the world, threaten sea life  (April 9, 2021)
Take Note
Masks litter beaches worldwide, leaving volunteers to clean them up  (April 9, 2021)
A Hazard
Aldergrove organizations join forces to encourage massive cleanup for Earth Day  (April 9, 2021)
Teamwork
Environmental cleanup, one piece at a time  (April 9, 2021)
Winnipeg
Effort underway to clean up Dresden  (April 8, 2021)
Read More
Litter dump believed to be deliberate  (April 8, 2021)
A Concern
Frustration over 'horrendous' amount of McDonald's waste being littered in Edwalton  (April 8, 2021)
Upsetting
Mass littering in Newcastle parks sparks calls for extra bins  (April 7, 2021)
Story Here
Climbers remove over two tons of garbage from Mount Everest  (April 6, 2021)
Read More
'That’s a lot of poo': After picking up 95 bags of dog waste, Cambridge resident pushes for environmental unit  (April 6, 2021)
Full Story
Wake Forest launches anti-litter campaign; volunteers pick up nearly 3000 lbs of trash already  (April 6, 2021)
Teamwork
Keep Stanly Beautiful organizes efforts to address ongoing litter issue  (April 6, 2021)
Read More
Litter cleanup campaign kicks off  (April 6, 2021)
Story Here
​Opelika introduces anti-litter campaign, event in April  (April 6, 2021)
Launching
Michael Schär disqualified from Flanders cycling race for littering​  (April 5, 2021)
New Rules
How picking up beer cans on her runs earned an Ontario woman $274 in 2020  (April 5, 2021)
Role Model
Volunteers transform the trend on beach litter as problems increase about plastic during summer staycations  (April 5, 2021)
Good Work
Some people are behaving like Barbarians, says Longford councillor of littering  (April 5, 2021)
Story Here
Drones to target Christchurch litter hotspots  (April 5, 2021)
High Tech
Revellers condemned for breaching Covid-19 rules at Cardiff Bay  (April 4, 2021)
Read More
PA woman adopts highway, spends weekends cleaning litter  (April 4, 2021)
Profile
Used face masks are the new cigarette-butt litter  (April 4, 2021)
A Problem
‘A drop in the bucket’ campaign to reduce litter in Hamilton  (April 3, 2021)
Inspiring
Rochester students use day off to work together, clean up litter  (April 3, 2021)
Teamwork
What’s causing plastic shards to litter Waikiki waters?  (April 3, 2021)
Read More
Mayor Schor reacts to trash and litter issue  (April 3, 2021)
Big City
One bucket at a time, locals are taking on Victoria’s litter  (April 3, 2021)
Good Idea
Littering is bad  (April 3, 2021)
Essay
Row over litter louts  (April 3, 2021)
A Problem
COVID: 'Stop litter blame game and give us more bins'  (April 3, 2021)
Read More
Litter fines and new restrictions for Cleethorpes beach  (April 3, 2021)
Story Here
'Amazing' Amber, 4, clears up after litter louts wreck Sudbury beauty spot  (April 3, 2021)
Good Kid
Industrial-sized bins set up across Cardiff to combat 'shocking' increase in littering  (April 2, 2021)
Read More
Concerns raised over rise in littering at Galway amenity areas ahead of Easter Weekend  (April 2, 2021)
Story Here
​Fishing net litter on beaches: what can be done to prevent this?  (April 2, 2021)
Learn More
Picture this — your carbon emissions as plastic straws  (April 2, 2021)
Essay
​Alcohol to be banned in some parks to stop COVID spreading  (April 1, 2021)
Read More
Pitch-In returns for 2021: Promoting a safe and litter-free Kingston  (April 1, 2021)
Ontario
 Should cigarette companies assume responsibility for litter?  (April 1, 2021)
Move Afoot
UK warns big tobacco firms: You should pay for cleaning up cigarette butts  (April 1, 2021)
Full Story
Litter is a problem all of us have to face  (April 1, 2021)
Editorial
London’s parks were full of leftover rubbish after yesterday’s sunny weather  (April 1, 2021)
A Concern
Imperiled freshwater turtles are eating plastics – science is just revealing the threat  (April 1, 2021)
Troubling
Drone image shows scale of littering in Sefton Park yesterday  (April 1, 2021)
See This
​PPE littering the beaches, Ocean Conservancy reports  (April 1, 2021)
New Study
City-County Councilor says man tried to intimidate him with a gun  (April 1, 2021)
Read More
National Park enforcement effort nets 13 citations for littering along Spur  (April 1, 2021)
Clampdown