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News Reel . . .  December, 2021

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Sunday Newsletter: This Week In "Litterland"
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City of Mobile launches litter free campaign aimed at pick-up truck drivers  (December 31, 2021)
Great Idea
Mayor de Blasio announces City Cleanup Corps has removed one million trash bags  (December 31, 2021)
Milestone
Uttar Pradesh government organises seminar on plastic waste management  (December 31, 2021)
Read More
No smoking on beaches, says Spain  (December 31, 2021)
Good Move
Try being a part of the littering solution  (December 28, 2021)
Editorial
The great pacific garbage patch is getting worse. Here's what's happening  (December 28, 2021)
An Update
Amsterdam changes zoning laws to stop more tourist development  (December 28, 2021)
Read More
A world-class destination needs a world-class Universal Garbage Collection system  (December 26, 2021)
Read More
GCC to set monthly target for officials to fine those littering  (December 26, 2021)
A Plan
Used diapers in the mailbox – “Anyone who has diaper-age children is suspected  (December 26, 2021)
True Story
Benwell church creates charming nativity scene out of recycled rubbish to address West End littering  (December 24, 2021)
Check It Out
Sharjah Police issues winter warning to nuisance campers  (December 24, 2021)
Read More
Northants Litter Wombles collect whopping 30,000 bags of litter in county throughout 2021  (December 24, 2021)
Get Details
Navi Mumbai: PMC bats on clean-up marshals to generate revenue  (December 24, 2021)
Full Story
The quest for a disposable mask that won't pollute  (December 23, 2021)
PPE Crisis
Mayor McGee addresses costs associated with littering  (December 23, 2021)
Mississippi
Government agency cites littering as one of reasons for Selangor floods  (December 23, 2021)
Full Story
Trash piles up as Republic Services union workers strike enters fifth day  (December 22, 2021)
A Concern
Paramedic took her own life after being shamed for littering, inquest hears  (December 22, 2021)
Very Sad
Select Board Member Joe Morandi: Please stop littering at Town Hall  (December 21, 2021)
Video
Litter woes: Jute bags for Lahaul and Spiti tourists to throw trash  (December 21, 2021)
Good Idea
Katara vows legal action for vandalism amid outrage over national day littering  (December 21, 2021)
Story Here
​Scotland’s seas can’t afford any more broken promises  (December 20, 2021)
Lobby Effort
Video tagging was adopted by the city council  (December 19, 2021)
Read More
To curb littering  (December 19, 2021)
Editorial
Man paid to haul trash cited on 'gross littering' charge  (December 18, 2021)
Crime Story
Nail litterbugs to the cross, says St James councillor  (December 17, 2021)
Tough Talk
WISE ignoring councillors’ wishes'  (December 17, 2021)
Controversy
No littering fines issued at Okaloosa beaches in 2021 despite being 'riddled with trash'  (December 17, 2021)
Florida
East Baton Rouge drastically increases littering fines  (December 17, 2021)
Tenfold
Community comes together to clean in Belleisle  (December 17, 2021)
Teamwork
How a source-to-sea approach can curb the threat of plastic pollution  (December 16, 2021)
Info
How litter affects more than just Mississippi’s environment  (December 16, 2021)
Learn More
Scotland launches litter and fly-tipping consultation  (December 15, 2021)
Story Here
United Nations recommends bioplastics as a sustainable alternative to conventional plastics  (December 15, 2021)
Read More
Police officers deliver dumped FedEx packages  (December 15, 2021)
Crime News
This International Mountain Day, Hilldaari unites people across Hill cities for clean up drive  (December 14, 2021)
Full Story
Plastic footprint estimates in the European Union  (December 14, 2021)
Read More
Mandy Barker’s digicam zooms in on the plastic and air pollution in our sea  (December 12, 2021)
Interesting
With litter piling up, mountain tourism reaches a crossroad  (December 11, 2021)
Must Read
Litter action plan badly needed in Pennsylvania  (December 11, 2021)
Editorial
Fines for littering in Plymouth will rise  (December 11, 2021)
Get Details
The Revenge of the Junk anti-littering project by CleanMyMax X  (December 11, 2021)
Check It Out
One million tonnes of litter dumped in France in 2020  (December 11, 2021)
Read More
Scale of face-mask litter blight revealed  (December 10, 2021)
A Shocker
COVID litter: we mapped discarded masks and gloves in 11 countries with the help of citizen science  (December 10, 2021)
Troubling
Hospital face masks find new life stopping plastic waste  (December 10, 2021)
Science
Trash along South Mountain Freeway highlights growing litter problem in Arizona  (December 10, 2021)
Read More
Walmart stores in Mississauga and across Canada will no longer use plastic shopping bags  (December 9, 2021)
Full Story
Pinal County offering $500 incentive to prevent illegal dumping  (December 9, 2021)
Sweet Offer
Plastics in soil threaten food security, health, and environment: FAO  (December 8, 2021)
Read More
46,067 pounds of litter removed from Tennessee roadways during No Trash November  (December 8, 2021)
Final Tally
Walmart Canada to eliminate single-use plastic bags  (December 8, 2021)
Big Shift
Smoking ritual costing economy $73 million a year  (December 8, 2021)
We Pay
Washington law aimed at reducing use of plastic utensils, condiments and straws starts Jan. 1  (December 7, 2021)
Coming Soon
Bottled up: Israel’s Deposit Law will now also include big bottles  (December 7, 2021)
Read More
Students to swap books for litter picking in South Shields beach clean-up  (December 7, 2021)
Helping
Litterati launches City Fingerprint Project with Memphis for litter prevention  (December 7, 2021)
News Release
Litter louts who dropped cigarettes hit with £454 punishment  (December 7, 2021)
Full Story
Commission punts on universal garbage  (December 7, 2021)
Editorial
Littering around schools in Devon 'a disgrace'  (December 6, 2021)
Read More
UN plans to drastically expand plastic waste management in India  (December 4, 2021)
Action Plan
715 litter complaints in first nine months  (December 4, 2021)
Read More
New report says US should make less plastic to save oceans  (December 3, 2021)
Full Story
Fly-tippers leave rubbish by 'No Littering' signs  (December 3, 2021)
Story Here
Science report: US should make less plastic to save oceans  (December 2, 2021)
Important
'It's not OK:' New Brevard campaign fights litter along State Road 528  (December 2, 2021)
Read More
Littering and vandalism discovered in the student lot  (December 2, 2021)
A Problem
Chandigarh: School penalized for littering  (December 2, 2021)
News Brief
'Grey crows having picnics' of Laois litter - frustration over CCTV ban  (December 1, 2021)
Full Story
Chichester District Council continues its fight against litter with its 'Against Litter Campaign'  (December 1, 2021)
Read More
Rubicon celebrates success of Trick or Trash diversion efforts  (December 1, 2021)
Results
Wolf Administration releases first-ever statewide Litter Action Plan  (December 1, 2021)
State-wide
Gyimah Gariba dives into the Big Blue  (December 1, 2021)
Story Here