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News Reel . . .  December 2017

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​2017
Anti-littering campaign launched to share the love of Qatar’s grandeur  (December 31, 2017)
Full Story
Littering in a public place  (December 31, 2017)
Read More
The litter-shaming photographer cleaning up her country  (December 30, 2017)
View Here
Man faces littering charge after police find beer bottles in creek  (December 30, 2017)
Up A Creek
Political party chief leads the way on trash clean-up  (December 28, 2017)
Read This
Albany residents, commissioner upset at illegal dump piles across town  (December 28, 2017)
TV News
Named and shamed: The people charged with dumping rubbish in Hull  (December 28, 2017)
Crackdown
Local clean-up groups, initiatives collected over 42 tonnes of waste this year  (December 28, 2017)
Bravo!
Letter: Roadsides are a mess  (December 28, 2017)
Opinion
​Mum slapped with £80 littering fine for feeding sausage roll to pigeons  (December 27, 2017)
Full Story
​25 new bins in Old Town to curb littering  (December 26, 2017)
Story Here
Oregon Department of Transportation asks people to stop wasting resources by littering  (December 24, 2017)
Read More
Park visitors reminded to spend holidays litter and smoke-free  (December 23, 2017)
In Manila
Al Qudra camping banned due to littering and misuse  (December 22, 2017)
Full Story
Fines to go up to € 1,000 for littering in Valletta  (December 22, 2017)
Read More
Palmetto Pride is wasting money that could reduce litter  (December 22, 2017)
Letter
How England's anti-littering strategy could affect councils  (December 22, 2017)
Analysis
Littering public spaces set to cost Mysureans dearly  (December 22, 2017)
India
Travellers banned from land after bad year for fly tipping, littering, human waste and abandoned caravans  (December 22, 2017)
Court Order
Ban on release of sky lanterns in Flintshire is approved  (December 22, 2017)
No More
Shifeta cautions against littering over festive season  (December 21, 2017)
Story Here
Indian municipality issues challans for littering in city  (December 21, 2017)
Read More
New South Wales government grant for litter prevention program  (December 21, 2017)
Funding
Action taken in November to keep Wandsworth’s streets clean  (December 21, 2017)
Report
River filled with plastic pollution including 27-year-old chocolate wrapper and message in a bottle  (December 20, 2017)
Full Story
Eight radical solutions to the problem of dog mess  (December 20, 2017)
Reprinted
11th Street resident asks city to fight litter problem  (December 19, 2017)
Advocacy
Estuary 'at risk' from litter  (December 19, 2017)
Warning
Councils consider covert tactics to cut litter and dog mess  (December 19, 2017)
Read More
Kingdom litter police in Thanet to be investigated – for littering  (December 19, 2017)
Full Story
Footage of driver littering outside McDonald's in Grimsby 'shows some have no respect'  (December 18, 2017)
Watch
Bins on Hong Kong hiking trails gone for good, as the government seeks to further reduce litter  (December 18, 2017)
Story Here
Assamese pedals cycle to clear Thames litter  (December 18, 2017)
Summary
ACT government spends more than $1.4m cleaning up litter from the roadside  (December 17, 2017)
Read More
Businesses in Angus warned to clean up their act — or risk being named and shamed  (December 16, 2017)
Full Story
Police, reservists in joint training on environmental protection  (December 16, 2017)
Rwanda
Recycling littering Northland neighborhood leads to petition  (December 16, 2017)
Video
Flurry of fines for littering  (December 16, 2017)
Read More
​Tonnes of waste washed up on Norway’s shores annually  (December 16, 2017)
Ireland
Litterati: Can a digital landfill rid the world of litter?  (December 15, 2017)
Good App
Bournemouth beach litter: My shocking discoveries in just 20 minutes  (December 15, 2017)
Blog
Five who refused £75 on the spot fines for littering faced with court bills of £350 each  (December 15, 2017)
Story Here
Man fined for dropping cherry pips slams council litter squad  (December 14, 2017)
Case Dropped
Keep Lexington Beautiful putting cigarette urns in parks  (December 14, 2017)
Success!
Rajahmundry traders fined for littering  (December 14, 2017)
Read More
Woman seen littering in parking lot cited after video goes viral  (December 14, 2017)
Full Story
New litter enforcement contract launches in New Year  (December 13, 2017)
UK
No butts, our campaign to stub out discarded cigarettes is keeping city clean, says Barrow  (December 13, 2017)
Good News
200 fines issued for littering in Sharjah’s shielded areas  (December 13, 2017)
A Concern
Is the council creating litter for the big clean?  (December 13, 2017)
Complaint
19 people have been before magistrates in one day for littering on the isle  (December 12, 2017)
Read More
First-ever Anti-litter Day campaign sees participation from 15 Mumbai schools  (December 12, 2017)
Good News
Coastwatch survey reveals myriad litter and pollution problems  (December 12, 2017)
Shocking
Maidstone Borough Council proposes an increase in littering fines  (December 12, 2017)
Read More
Ambala Municipality installs CCTVs to impose fines on people littering garbage  (December 12, 2017)
Story Here
Australia’s environmental hero  (December 12, 2017)
Capt. Clean
Irish beaches scourged by plastic  (December 12, 2017)
Serious
Littering, spitting no longer carry jail time in Sioux City  (December 11, 2017)
New Tweak
Volunteers frustrated over delay in removal of clothing banks  (December 11, 2017)
An Issue
Punished litterbug holds up bus  (December 11, 2017)
More Here
Booderee National Park rangers on high alert for littering these summer holidays  (December 11, 2017)
Read More
Anti-social behaviour at the Rose Garden could be a thing of the past with new laws  (December 10, 2017)
Full Story
Balloons could join lantern ban  (December 10, 2017)
Wales
Walker pushing anti-littering effort with new signs, $500 fines, and community service  (December 9, 2017)
Read More
Local students "zap out littering" art chosen for 2018 calendar  (December 9, 2017)
All Stars
What is littering?  (December 9, 2017)
Website
Fines increased for Rotherham litter-droppers  (December 9, 2017)
Get The Facts
Calls for litter clampdown  (December 9, 2017)
Story Here
More than 2,500 people in Wrexham fined for dropping cigarette butts  (December 9, 2017)
Read More
Peterborough County takes steps to stop littering on James A. Gifford Causeway  (December 8, 2017)
New Law
Balloon releases set to be banned by Welsh council  (December 8, 2017)
Big News
Insensitive commuters litter Metro stations  (December 8, 2017)
Read More
British Plastics Federation praises international action on marine litter  (December 8, 2017)
Reaction
UN resolves to end ocean plastic waste  (December 7, 2017)
Historic
​Plans for Plymouth litter and dog mess patrols could be thwarted  (December 7, 2017)
Full Story
Drivers in Singapore who like to litter, NEA will find you & fine you  (December 7, 2017)
Warning
Litter left after parade a concern  (December 6, 2017)
Not Good
Call for council to enforce RM500 litter fine in Kampung’s Bahagia Jaya  (December 6, 2017)
Read More
Cases with Fiji’s Department of Public Prosecutions  (December 6, 2017)
See Docket
Paddington Bear is a litter bug, says activist  (December 5, 2017)
Controversy
Litter and dog dirt crack team could hand out up 80 fines a week  (December 5, 2017)
3 Options
Wildlife and litter don’t mix  (December 5, 2017)
Good Tips
Why you still see plastics littering streets in Kenya despite ban  (December 4, 2017)
Full Story
Beach litter rises 6% around Scottish coasts in just a year, report reveals  (December 4, 2017)
Read More
MAD identifies spots of excessive littering  (December 4, 2017)
Story Here
​Going to the source to lessen litter  (December 4, 2017)
Prize Winner
Toronto’s mayor announces cleanup sweeps in response to concerns about downtown area  (December 3, 2017)
Read More
TRASH TALK: Everyone can take steps to combat litter  (December 3, 2017)
Column
Controversial security firm being brought in to help tackle litter and dog fouling  (December 3, 2017)
Full Story
District renews warning against littering Shillong  (December 2, 2017)
A Problem
Walker seeks financial, civic routes to clean up litter  (December 2, 2017)
More Here
Lobster found with Pepsi Logo ‘tattoo’ fuels fears over ocean litter  (December 1, 2017)
See This
Food to go sector blamed for rising beach litter  (December 1, 2017)
Read More
Litter on UK beaches increases 10%  (December 1, 2017)
New Stat
Rubbish on our beaches up 10 per cent to worst ever levels, prompting calls for a ‘litter tax’  (December 1, 2017)
England
Indigenous artist turns litter into art to deal with overwhelming amount of rubbish  (December 1, 2017)
View Here