World litter news,
updated daily . . .
2016
Mammoth clean sees 15 London buses worth of litter cleared from Notting Hill carnival route (August 31, 3016)
Ballot bins help keep cigarette butts off the ground (August 31, 3016)
Does the NSW government care more about litter than the safety of cyclists? (August 31, 3016)
Bank holiday fury after beach is left in untidy state (August 31, 3016)
Far less litter left by National Day Parade partygoers this year (August 30, 2016)
Werribee tops Victoria’s littering list (August 30, 2016)
Litter trap project receives statewide award (August 30, 2016)
Salt River Hero = Zero litter Labor Day weekend (August 30, 2016)
Victorian littering hotline – Michaels, Johns Davids asked to clean up their act (August 29, 2016)
Vic litter bugs pay up big for cigarettes (August 29, 2016)
Local councils clamp down on littering and illegal dumping (August 29, 2016)
Health councillor want heavier litter fines (August 29, 2016)
Motorist litter bugs simply rubbish as $6.5 million in fines handed out (August 29, 2016)
Midland Mayor kicking off new anti-litter campaign (August 29, 2016)
Mum spots son vandalising bin on Facebook vid - and forces him into a impromptu litter pick (August 28, 2016)
Edinburgh Council receives over 53,000 complaints regarding litter in city (August 28, 2016)
River left drowning in rubbish as people litter Bedford’s jewel in the crown (August 27, 2016)
Government removes bins on hiking trails in order to reduce litter (August 27, 2016)
Pupils take part in anti-litter, dog fouling campaign (August 27, 2016)
Making the Labor Day picnic a litter-free event (August 26, 2016)
Love Essex summer litter campaign officially launched (August 26, 2016)
New team to help keep Blackpool tidy (August 26, 2016)
Hounslow police officer who lied receives a reprimand (August 26, 2016)
Group rolling out vision for litter campaign (August 26, 2016)
Critters don’t litter (August 26, 2016)
Pickering woman’s litter clean up exposes Durham’s dirty habits (August 26, 2016)
Parking wardens to tackle littering and dog fouling – and become ambassadors (August 25, 2016)
Sick to death of littering of street (August 25, 2016)
Citizens voices concern over litter in the city (August 25, 2016)
Teen mobilizes youth to clean litter (August 25, 2016)
Litter problems won’t stall Mount Uniacke skate park opening (August 25, 2016)
Grenada’s new anti-litter initiatives (August 25, 2016)
Body-worn cameras to keep Edinburgh litter wardens safe (August 25, 2016)
Throwaway comments can cut littering (August 25, 2016)
Problem parking and litter targeted in crackdown (August 25, 2016)
Yorkshire businessman’s anti-litter campaign moves up a gear (August 24, 2016)
Litter collection a way to safeguard against Zika (August 24, 2016)
Yarra awarded $18,000 for litter education campaign (August 24, 2016)
Clean act campaigners ask council to close skate park until users stop littering (August 24, 2016)
Plans to make littering Iceland highlands illegal (August 24, 2016)
Local heroes clear 77 bags of litter from Woolwell (August 24, 2016)
Litter picker gets a refund and an apology (August 24, 2016)
Litter spurs frustration as solutions pursued (August 24, 2016)
Duo to tame littering with innovative waste bags (August 23, 2016)
Police warning after large amount of litter found at Dartmoor beauty spot (August 23, 2016)
Balmoral slams litter louts who left huge mess at Queen’s private estate (August 22, 2016)
Smokers to have their say in new "Vote with your butt" campaign (August 22, 2016)
Marine litter fastest growing threat to health of world’s oceans (August 22, 2016)
New Jersey: Civic minds in ward overcome by ghettoization (August 22, 2016)
Cubans and tourists alike complaining about beach litter (August 21, 2016)
Pokemon Go outing leads to town litter pick (August 21, 2016)
Smashed glass, urine, welcome to Christchurch’s third busiest bus stop (August 21, 2016)
Councillors make almost 40 complaints over litter in Frome to Mendip District Council (August 21, 2016)
Look at all the litter left behind after the Air Festival (August 21, 2016)
Pokefans pitch in to pick litter in Hougang (August 20, 2016)
Diver’s anger after litter accumulates on seabed (August 20, 2016)
Drug users litter park in Toronto's Riverdale (August 20, 2016)
West Australia container deposit scheme: Consumers to get 10c for bottles, cans in recycling push (August 20, 2016)
Offenders face fines of up to £400 as council cracks down on fly-tipping, littering and dog fouling (August 20, 2016)
Woman who threw cigarette butt on floor next to a bin fined (August 20, 2016)
Litter free, swimmable Chicago Rivers, that’s the plan (August 19, 2016)
NEMA launches crackdown against littering motorists and travelers (August 19, 2016)
Glen Ridge police look into littering issue at Benson lot (August 19, 2016)
Vandalism and litter plague Columbia parks (August 19, 2016)
Garbage Rocket to the Sun: students (August 18, 2016)
Teach people not to litter (August 18, 2016)
On-the-spot litter fines to drivers for littering in Monaghan in the last few weeks (August 18, 2016)
T&T man jailed for littering (August 18, 2016)
Night in jail, $250 fine for litter bug (August 17, 2016)
Hey Tosser, stop that littering! (August 17, 2016)
Columbia's litter letter project (August 17, 2016)
Litter in Shuswap River on the rise this summer (August 17, 2016)
The problem with litter isn`t plastic, it`s apathy (August 17, 2016)
Businesses join mass litter pick in Queen`s Gardens in Hull City Centre (August 17, 2016)
Cocoa Beach to raise litter fines (August 17, 2016)
Five people left with £2k bill for littering in Stoke-on-Trent (August 16, 2016)
Malama 808: Don’t litter, keep Hawaii clean (August 16, 2016)
Shrewsbury fly-tipping incidents top 800 (August 16, 2016)
Trini Pokemon Go players warned against littering (August 16, 2016)
Rise in fines for people dropping litter in Hammersmith and Fulham (August 15, 2016)
What to do with intelligent scavengers littering streetscapes (August 14, 2016)
Goddess Lakshmi goes wandering when you go littering: don’t let her go (August 14, 2016)
Watchdogs continue to blame litter for state of Gray’s Beach Park (August 14, 2016)
91-year-old Pennsylvanian makes tackling litter a priority (August 13, 2016)
Huge amounts of rubbish, litter part of Barrow town centre (August 13, 2016)
Litter louts in Sheffield handed court fines (August 13, 2016)
Starbucks fined £160k for leaving litter piled up outside the Ritz Hotel (August 12, 2016)
Plastic waste, littering mar pristine beauty of beaches (August 12, 2016)
Shop staff in Wisbech fill 22 bags with litter (August 12, 2016)
Anger after litter dumped in Worcester City Centre (August 12, 2016)
RideLondon sportive riders to be banned if caught littering (August 11, 2016)
Time to implement tough laws to prevent littering (August 11, 2016)
Anti-litter campaign is a three-pointer (August 10, 2016)
More littering at city compost site (August 10, 2016)
More than a dozen people taken to court after refusing to pay fines for dropping litter in Hounslow (August 9, 2016)
Two fined for dropping litter in Hanley (August 9, 2016)
Danger as refuse and rubble litter Abuja (August 9, 2016)
State grant helps clean up litter in Albuquerque (August 9, 2016)
Loon Pond litter frustrates nature lovers in Springfield (August 9, 2016)
St. Mary’s Hospital evacuated after litter under car is mistaken for suspicious package (August 8, 2016)
Carmarthenshire residents fined over dog fouling and litter (August 8, 2016)
Pathfinder: Littering is an irritant to humans and wildlife (August 8, 2016)
Pokémon Go players reminded not to trespass or litter (August 8, 2016)
Protest held to stop obscene amount of litter being left on Bournemouth beach (August 7, 2016)
Council to tourists: You recycle your litter, we'll make the world's largest work of art from it (August 7, 2016)
Project to make city litter free kicks off (August 7, 2016)
Citizens fined for littering public places (August 7, 2016)
Cigarette butts on the beach is the No. 1 litter problem in Charleston, officials say (August 6, 2016)
How litter blights Wales beauty spots (August 6, 2016)
New campaign launched to crack down on littering (August 6, 2016)
Barista helps spread message: cigarette butts are litter too (August 6, 2016)
Army of volunteers assembles to fight ‘ongoing battle’ of litter in Cardiff (August 6, 2016)
Litter crew has hands full in Chilliwack with homeless debris (August 5, 2016)
Cigarette butts on the beach is the No. 1 litter problem in Charleston, officials say (August 5, 2016)
Sunder Nagar residents install cameras to check littering (August 4, 2016)
Litter rules are the same for all in Southport (August 4, 2016)
Man calls out those who litter and burn indiscriminately in Hungry Ghost month (August 4, 2016)
So much for the extra collections… Cardiff covered in litter yet again (August 4, 2016)
Fight against litter in Brent sees more than 1200 people fined within six weeks (August 3, 2016)
35 people arrested for littering (August 3, 2016)
‘Get a life’ says Portsmouth council leader after complaints over Southsea bandstand litter (August 3, 2016)
David Gardner’s pet peeve No. 2 (August 3, 2016)
Become a Doncaster community champion to crackdown on litter (August 3, 2016)
Supervisor’s office trash-talks tourist who sent litter gripe (August 2, 2016)
Litter enforcement officer photographed throwing cigarette end on the floor in Southport (August 2, 2016)
Students from Hagley show litter bugs the way (August 2, 2016)
New data on Folly Beach cigarette litter impact to be released Monday (August 1, 2016)
Farmers have had enough of litterbugs (August 1, 2016)
Wales' stunning countryside is being left covered in litter - and it's dangerous (August 1, 2016)
Doncaster residents call for action on littering (August 1, 2016)