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2014
Brushstrokes of peace and hope in  inner-city Kingston, Jamaica  (August 31, 2014)
Butt It and Bin It: Keep Australia Beautiful Week  (August 31, 2014)
California passes plastic bag ban, would be first such law in U.S  (August 30, 2014)
"Single-use plastic bags not only litter our beaches, but also our mountains, our deserts, and our rivers, streams and lakes," said state Senator Alex Padilla, who sponsored the bill.
Toronto anti-littering ads pulled because of brand blowback  (August 30, 2014)
53 people stripped of ID cards for littering in Jakarta  (August 30, 2014)
Cleaner Swords keeps moving up litter league  (August 30, 2014) 
Sibu Municipality welcomes constructive criticisms  (August 30, 2014)
Toronto pulls popular anti-littering ads after companies complain  (August 29, 2014)
King-sized boo-boo derails first-ever campaign against litterers
Fine, fees assessed in bridge littering case  (August 29, 2014)
City workers clean up Navy radio station area  (August 29, 2014)
Toronto’s anti-littering ad campaign pulled due to trademark issues: reports  (August 28, 2014) 
Memorial Bridge worker cited for stream litter  (August 28, 2014) 
Mareeba Shire McDonald’s doing their part  (August 28, 2014)
Beijing in the second half of integrated environmental management efforts   (August 28, 2014)
Dundalk continues to clean up its act with 20th spot in IBAL league  (August 28, 2014) 
Two hundred and fifteen million less ‘single use’ bags littering Ireland’s streets and countryside  (August 27, 2014)
Environment Minister Mark Durkan today welcomed the massive reduction in single use carrier bags in the first year of the 5p levy, a decrease of 72 per cent. 
Littering and Following the Crowd  (August 27, 2014)
Why it's so tempting to throw trash on the ground, and how environmentalists are using psychology to change that 
Horsham wages war on chewing gum to smarten up town centre  (August 27, 2014)
The Gumdrop promotional team will be in Horsham town centre on today creating awareness of the campaign by distributing free giveaways, organising bubble gum blowing competitions and getting residents and visitors to complete questionnaires regarding litter pollution. 
Jounieh Municipality warning locals not to litter  (August 27, 2014) 
Staff lovin' restoration of benches  (August 27, 2014)
Victorian Litter Action Alliance an all-in affair  (August 27, 2014) 
From the litter champion . . .  (August 27, 2014) 
West Australia littering down, still long way to go  (August 27, 2014) 
Rubbish deluge threatens tourism  (August 26, 2014)
Litter bugs!  (August 26, 2014)
A “disappointing slip in performance in Dublin City” 
Litter rates fall  (August 26, 2014) 
Sligo urges public to “Bin It Your Way”  (August 26, 2014)
Tasmania no longer worst litter state, says Keep Australia Beautiful survey  (August 25, 2014) 
Barbados National Conservation Commission manager: Time to make litterbugs pay  (August 25, 2014) 
Huge anti-pork rally set at Luneta  (August 25, 2014)
Aileen Lucero, national coordinator of EcoWaste Coalition,l appealed to the expected tens of thousands of protesters to respect the Rizal Park’s “no littering, no smoking’’ policy.
Manningham ratepayers suffer as rogue dumps rise  (August 25, 2014)
Daffodil Road is a dump site  (August 25, 2014)
This part of Marburg is fast becoming a litter zone. 
Tokyo Governor to push for smoke-free 2020 Games  (August 24, 2014)
A survey in May showed that out of 8,000 indoor workers, 63% support the implementation of a national smoke-free ban before 2020, and 14% felt that a ban would have negative impacts on their business.
Six people in Burton fined after crackdown on littering  (August 24, 2014) 
LITTER: Butts on the ground? Not such a good idea in Fredericksburg  (August 24, 2014) 
Fines for littering shoot up by 500 per cent in this UK town  (August 24, 2014)
Don’t pollute Yamuna on Ganesh Chaturthi, devotees told  (August 24, 2014) 
Tokyo Governor takes on Big Tobacco to push smoke-free 2020 Olympic Games  (August 23, 2014) 
New action plan is launched to tackle the messy problem of marine litter  (August 23, 2014) 
Hounslow gets tough on litterers  (August 23, 2014) 
Massage cards on cars — letters  (August 23, 2014) 
Florida Department of Transportation creates the Decomp-O-Meter  (August 22, 2014)
We’re shelling out a fortune: Litter louts blighting Tayside’s beaches  (August 22, 2014) 
Preserving our wetlands  (August 22, 2014)
ILLEGAL fishing, littering and driving on protected tracks are some of the environmental problems that led Mildura Rural City Council to develop a River and Wetland Recreation Kit. 
Ontario resident aghast as illegal trash heaps litter her Muskoka property  (August 21, 2014)
‘It’s driving me insane’ 
'Bin It Your Way' campaign boost in Fingal  (August 21, 2014)
The 'Bin It Your Way' game is available free to download from the App store and Google Play.
Crackdown on massage parlour advertising long overdue  (August 21, 2014)
Residents are feeling the stress of having to discard garish, and sometimes obscene, cards daily 
Why are British Airway peanut wrappers littering the Buckinghamshire countryside?   (August 20, 2014)
Dog walker believes the in-flight food wrappers have been flushed down the toilet by passengers on passing planes 
Beware! NDMC to impose fine for littering, urinating, spitting on Delhi roads  (August 20, 2014)
The move is a part of the 100-day sanitation drive to make the national capital clean. 
Scavenging of curbside items not allowed during Dearborn emergency declaration  (August 20, 2014) 
Fishing lover Tommy, ten, clears up litter at lake   (August 20, 2014)
Kings County woman has P.E.I. litter complaint  (August 19, 2014)
Council disappointed at Irish litter survey result  (August 19, 2014)
8 Littering Problem Solutions  (August 19, 2014)
Writer Brad Paul’s sound advice bears repeating 
Plastic littering in public to become recognized offence in Goa  (August 19, 2014) 
Council pledges to tackle footballers who litter city’s pitches  (August 18, 2014) 
Three Dublin districts among four dirtiest places in the State  (August 18, 2014)
Dublin’s north inner city remains litter ‘black spot’, according to Irish Business Against Litter 
Abundant trash  (August 18, 2014) 
White goods top fly-tipping table  (August 18, 2014)
Pageant queen Miliana pushes for cleanliness  (August 18, 2014) 
Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority to set up litter cams  (August 17, 2014)
Madert and White said the new cameras, which are similar to game cameras used to track deer, can be linked to a cell phone or email account, and are capable of snapping and sending a picture to law enforcement officers via text message or email within minutes of spotting a litterer.
Extra measures to combat littering and anti-social behaviour in Wisbech Park  (August 17, 2014) 
NDMC launches special ‘May I Help You’ squad to check littering at public spaces  (August 16, 2014)
Besides assisting the general public and tourists, the squad has also been tasked with the prevention of littering in their patrol areas, said New Delhi Municipal Council chairperson Jalal Shrivastava. 
New fund to fight litter and flytipping invites community applications  (August 16, 2014)
The Litter and Flytipping Community Action Fund will enable new and innovative projects across Scotland to be delivered by communities, and with 96% of Scottish adults agreeing that littering is unacceptable this fund will help people to take real action. 
350 participants learn about creative sustainability methods  (August 16, 2014)
GLOBAL chemical giant Chevron Phillips Chemicals organised the MPMA-Chevron Phillips Chemicals Environment Boot Camp for Wesley Methodist Schools at the Wesley Methodist School Kuala Lumpur recently. 
Iraqi American to pay $400 for Qur’an burning  (August 16, 2014)
The Lego pieces that won’t stop washing up on the beach  (August 15, 2014) 
Oman tourism: Littering in Salalah  (August 15, 2014)
Above all, littering in Dhofar remains to be a big concern, not just because of the amount of garbage being dumped there but because Dhofar, which has the maximum number of trees, birds, wildlife, in this part of the world 
War declared on Bathurst's litter bugs  (August 15, 2014)
ZoomAlliance inspects Ghana's dumpsites  (August 15, 2014)
Grant to tackle cigarette butts  (August 15, 2014)
Graveyard littering problem continues   (August 14, 2014)
Swansea ballet student fined for littering after feeding birds - she is spotted throwing crusts out her window  (August 14, 2014) 
Mexico: Discover the private island paradise made entirely of plastic bottles  (August 13, 2014)
Patrols and more bins funded by State Government to tackle litter in Bankstown beauty spots  (August 13, 2014)
KFC handed warning letter over litter complaint from councillor  (August 13, 2014)
Zero Littering crusaders rally held  (August 13, 2014) 
Chinese football fans pick up trash, copying Japan’s example?  (August 12, 2014) 
Floating on troubled waters  (August 12, 2014) 
Park ‘lost’ to litter and vandalism  (August 12, 2014) 
Lax enforcement of DC litter law bodes ill for marijuana citations  (August 11, 2014) 
Stepped-up blitz nets more litterbugs, Singapore reports  (August 11, 2014)
"At the end of the day, there will be no quick fix. It will take some more years before the message sinks in, just as we got rid of spitting in public." 
New social norm needed to tackle littering problem  (August 11, 2014) 
Authorities turn to public shaming of litterbugs, again  (August 11, 2014)
A Keep Singapore Clean Movement in Schools to get students to take ownership of community spaces was launched last month as an updated version of the Use Your Hands campaign, which started in 1976. 
Surveillance cameras raise privacy concerns  (August 10, 2014) 
The disgraceful cost of fly-tipping  (August 10, 2014) 
Towns see rise in discarded syringes on beaches, parks   (August 10, 2014)
Winning the battle against litterbugs  (August 9, 2014) 
Even kids know littering is wrong  (August 9, 2014) 
Scotland launches new anti-litter campaign  (August 9, 2014) 
Restaurant workers go al fresco in Carlisle Garden clean-up  (August 9, 2014)
McDonald’s in Carlisle has worked with the council for a number of years on anti-littering and clean-up events. 
Ontario: Littering charges in Southgate  (August 9, 2014)
Covert cameras catch trashy crooks in Shelby County, Memphis  (August 8, 2014) 
Staten Island Borough President unveils ad campaign designed to dissuade littering  (August 8, 2014) 
From smokes to supercapacitors: Researchers transform used cigarette filters   (August 8, 2014) 
Anger over state of play areas in York  (August 8, 2014)    
Edinburgh’s Gina Davidson: We’re rubbish at tackling littering  (August 7, 2014) 
Philip Chadwick | UK select committee inquiry must not launch into knee-jerk attacks on pack producers  (August 7, 2014)
An industry insider's perspective    
Ideas to stop littering  (August 7, 2014) 
NSW councils given $2.3m to shame litterbugs into doing the right thing  (August 7, 2014)
"By having conversations with people, by getting the infrastructure right, two key things, we've managed to reduce the amount of litter in our parks by 50 per cent," says Bankstown staffer.
Over 40 sanitation workers arraigned for loitering and littering following protest  (August 7, 2014)
Ideas to stop littering  (August 7, 2014) 
Camera-wearing enforcement officers to clamp down on anti-social behaviour  (August 6, 2014) 
Preserving the region’s wetlands in Sunraysia, AU  (August 6, 2014)
Free kits! 
Residents say not enough skips were provided at Turlin Moor site  (August 6, 2014) 
Wardens to hit litterbugs with fines  (August 6, 2014) 
Local newspaper's mailbag and email accounts have also been bulging with readers complaints over the amount of litter being dropped in the town centre and at beauty spots across the borough.
Dog walker faces £1,200 penalty for fouling offence  (August 5, 2014) 
Extra measures introduced to combat littering in Wisbech Park  (August 5, 2014) 
Checkup on Indian railway cleanliness drive  (August 5, 2014) 
Department of Environmental Protection awards $1.4M to Pennsylvania litter and illegal dumping initiatives  (August 5, 2014) 
Jugs of Pee, a rant from Roadside America  (August 4, 2014)
It's not us, truckers claim.    
Litter pick to clean up High Street  (August 4, 2014)
No butts about it: Councillor Reg Kidd to propose Summer Street smoking ban at meeting  (August 4, 2014) 
No littering in Paradise – Chapter 74  (August 4, 2014) 
Council launches Anti-Litter Committee  (August 4, 2014)
Gone are the days where children were taught not to litter at a tender age. “We need to revisit that early environmental education," Clr says.    
Litter not crime is town’s big concern  (August 3, 2014)
Survey puts littering ahead of drunkenness, vandalism and drug taking in the things which people feel is the biggest issue within communities
DC police to start issuing littering fine  (August 3, 2014)
Government turns up heat on fire offences  (August 3, 2014) 
Are you literate? If 'Yes', then STOP LITTERING!  (August 2, 2014) 
Two cigarette end tossers in Cambridge now have to pay hundreds of pounds for littering   (August 2, 2014)
Food outlets fingered for Bulawayo’s city litter  (August 2, 2014)
Seven new laws affect Louisiana drivers started yesterday    (August 2, 2014)
‘Victims of crime could set punishments for offenders’  (August 2, 2014) 
Evanston, Illinois approves partial ban on plastic bags  (August 1, 2014)
Orchid Island named dirtiest township in Taitung again  (August 1, 2014)   
Litter trashes beauty of wild places  (August 1, 2014) 
Trash and litter collection figures from rivers up over last year  (August 1, 2014) 
Eight zones to turn litter-free  (August 1, 2014) 
Hawkesbury included in new vegetation clearing laws  (August 1, 2014)
New, harsher penalties for littering involving cigarettes and matches among the deterrents.