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2015
Residents in John Street, Swadlincote, claim they are plagued by anti social behaviour and litter  (February 28, 2015)
Full Story
Lincoln dog walker's horror at Hartsholme Park litter  (February 28, 2015)
Upsetting
Several litterbugs nabbed during stake – out  (February 28, 2015)
Raid!
Cigarette Litter Prevention program  (February 28, 2015)
Brief
Sudbury postal workers fight for home delivery  (February 27, 2015)
Ontario
Zoomlion Ghana calls for halt to littering  (February 27, 2015)
Read Here
Solving a sticky litter problem  (February 27, 2015)
Good Essay
Florida DOT launches new Greek clean roads campaign  (February 27, 2015)
Awesome!
How should Selfridges repair its community image?  (February 27, 2015)
Department store was under fire for storefront anti-litter studs, removed after a petition spurred their removal.
Damage Control
Environmentalist appalled with the habit of littering in Ghana  (February 26, 2015)
Read More
Blue bristles littering Red River Mutual Trail from snow clearing machine  (February 26, 2015)
Got The Blues
Maidstone council's budget approved, with amendments for the town centre, litter and housing from the Lib Dems  (February 26, 2015)
Story Here
Selfridges to remove 'anti-homeless spikes' from outside Manchester store following campaign  (February 26, 2015)
Controversial
Usk Football Club groups unite for litter pick  (February 26, 2015)
Responsible
Battle of the bins: Is a lack of trash cans to blame for litter in NYC subways?  (February 26, 2015)
Update
Industry-led referendum puts California plastic bag ban on hold  (February 25, 2015)
Breaking News
'Don't be a tosser' anti-litter campaign launched in Northamptonshire  (February 25, 2015)
Good News
Litter campaign for Merrylands  (February 25, 2015)
All part of the HEY TOSSER! street theatre performances, a Holroyd Council program to help drive home important litter messages to locals.
Button Text
Litter now turns into garbage-lined streets come spring  (February 25, 2015)
Read More
Calls for action over Branston Water Park litter louts  (February 25, 2015)
Messed Up
Litter enforcement officers proving to be a success  (February 25, 2015)
A spokesperson said: "Feedback received is that there's been a noticeable drop in the amount of litter in the town since the contract commenced.  "It's great news for the town centre and its visiting customers."
Working Well
Drivers, litter harm Georges River National Park  (February 24, 2015)
4WD vehicles and trail bikes, together with illegal rubbish dumping, was causing enormous environmental harm to the area.
Full Story
Wagga embraces Mike Baird's cash for containers scheme  (February 24, 2015)
Set to operate in similar vein to the South Australian and Northern Territory schemes using reverse vending machines
All For It
Schools back club’s roads clean-up plan  (February 24, 2015)
New Partners
Engage workers on littering problem, not just issue fines  (February 24, 2015)
Letter
Councillor says dog fouling should carry same penalty as littering  (February 24, 2015)
Read More
Scheme helps stamp out littering of cigarette butts on Dubai  beaches  (February 23, 2015)
Entitled ‘Kids Play,’ the campaign involved the creation of a 3m-high by 3m-wide sandcastle 
Brilliant
Getting bottles and cans out of our streets, beaches and waterways  (February 23, 2015)
Election Pledge
Coastal development pressures seen as major threat to Mediterranean Coastal Zone by NGOs  (February 23, 2015)
Of the NGOs participating in the survey, 93 percent cited development pressures as the main risk to their own country's coast. This was followed by overfishing (84%), tourism pressures (81%), increased litter (81%), chemical pollution (65%) and coastal erosion (63%).
Read All
Litter Abatement Reports from Sharpstown  (February 23, 2015)
January's
Anger after drugs found by child on litter pick  (February 22, 2015)
Full Story
Friends of Greenwich Bay Litter Survey  (February 22, 2015)
Community
'Litter on a stick': Here's how City Councilor Phil Lakin wages war against signs in Tulsa rights of way  (February 21, 2015)
Full Story
Litter tossed over fence of Springdale Road home  (February 21, 2015)
Read More
Collaborative effort to address litter on South Carolina Interstates  (February 21, 2015)
Brief
What a load of rubbish! Bin men dump litter in east London street  (February 21, 2015)
Oops!
Conservation Council of Ontario steps up litter fight  (February 20, 2015)
Press Release
Win a prize for throwing trash in the bin at Ragunan Zoo!  (February 20, 2015)
It Works
Rome mayor: Dutch must pay for damage by Feyenoord fans  (February 20, 2015)
Bottles and beer cans litter the street as Feyenoord's fans start causing troubles at the Spanish steps, in downtown Rome, prior to the Europa League soccer match between Roma and Feyenoord
Dust Up
The big news for us today is the release of our Second Annual Progress Report  (February 19, 2015)
Get It Here
The “don’t care” epidemic in Antigua & Barbuda  (February 20, 2015)
Read More
New Jersey Clean Communities Council produces "History of Trash" video on statewide anti-litter campaign  (February 19, 2015)
Get Video
Good response to South Norfolk Council plea to get people litter-picking  (February 19, 2015)
Brief
Award win for litter campaign  (February 18, 2015)
Good News
It’s not just us! Foreigners behave badly too, insists Chinese state media  (February 18, 2015)
Opinion
Now celebrity litter crusader Kirstie takes on Argos  (February 17, 2015)
Full Story
Unemployed teenagers in Nigeria will have to pick litter to get jobseeker's allowance  (February 17, 2015)
New Way
Estate agent hit with £4,000 bill after failing to keep land in Stonnall free of litter  (February 17, 2015)
Derelict
Local officials must enforce litter laws  (February 17, 2015)
Oklahoma
Make picking up litter a habit  (February 17, 2015)
Letter
Keep America Beautiful and Coca-Cola Announce 2015 Recycling Bin Grant program call for applications  (February 16, 2015)
Deadline's Soon
Oceans were being dumped with huge quantities of plastic litter, says report  (February 16, 2015)
Alarm Bell
Woman busted for littering found with 75 credit cards: prosecutors  (February 15, 2015)
Crime Desk
Clean Up Australia Day volunteers wanted  (February 15, 2015)
Open Call
Litter meeting to address dirty situation  (February 15, 2015)
Notice
Litter cops fine louts in Gravesham with on-the-spot penalties  (February 14, 2015)
Severe
Eight million tons of plastic dumped in ocean  (February 14, 2015)
Study is the first of its kind to measure the amount going in from more than 190 countries with a coastline, instead of the amount actually in the ocean
Important
India is dirty because Indians are clean  (February 14, 2015)
Opinion
Messy mailbox photo on Twitter leads Canada Post to clean it up  (February 14, 2015)
Big Issue
Parle Products launches nationwide Litter Free Campaign  (February 13, 2015)
More Here
Catching litterbugs a major problem – Sooba  (February 13, 2015)
Read More
Principal warned for using litter punishment during school hours  (February 13, 2015)
Disciplined
Litter in Ajax parks means higher tax bills  (February 13, 2015)
Town spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars picking up trash
Ouch!
Two city businesses fined for littering  (February 13, 2015)
Guyana
Texas Elementary students are invited to submit litter prevention art  (February 12, 2015)
Creative
StarHub to give $450,000 to fund green awards for schools for three years  (February 12, 2015)
Kickstart
Call for Papers: KNSWB Litter Congress 2015  (February 11, 2015)
Upcoming
Man gets two months in jail for fraud  (February 11, 2015)
Litter Angle
Constant reminders about litter essential  (February 11, 2015)
Read
MP: Railway authorities slap fine on passengers for littering  (February 11, 2015)
Fine With Us
Belait imposes fines for littering  (February 11, 2015)
Brunei
Government steps up anti-littering efforts to keep streets clean  (February 11, 2015)
Learn How
Divers lift plastic items littering Al-Sulaibikhat beach  (February 11, 2015)
Full Story
No litter, seniors leave dinner venue spick and span  (February 11, 2015)
Older, Wiser
Don’t point fingers, use them to pick up after ourselves  (February 11, 2015)
Letter
Bill targets littering, curfew  (February 11, 2015)
Idaho bills would lower littering, curfew violations, some others from misdemeanors to infractions
Downgrading
Letter from Singapore  (February 11, 2015)
Feedback
Move to stop bottle litter in Australian waterways  (February 10, 2015)
Full Story
Rubbish woes persist, but experts say Singapore's 'clean city' image can be reclaimed  (February 10, 2015)
"Cleanliness is a character thing. It shows who you really are."
Overview
New York City outlaws Styrofoam food containers, effective July 1 (February 10, 2015)
Big Step
Locals keep a ‘lens on litter’  (February 9, 2015)
See Winners
Anti-littering efforts through enforcement, engagement   (February 9, 2015)
Official Post
Beverage containers in litter & public waste receptacles   (February 9, 2015)
Good Study
Questions raised about number of litter fines throughout county   (February 9, 2015)
Story Here
Event: Cigarette Litter Awareness Day 2015   (February 9, 2015)
Big Drive
Farranree needs city council support to clean up its act  (February 8, 2015)
Read More
Nine prosecuted for littering  (February 8, 2015)
Named
Suggestion: Fast food litter fix  (February 7, 2015)
Letter
Plastic waste dominates seafloor litter in Mediterranean and Black Sea surveys  (February 7, 2015)
Study
"This woman calls littering in public a heinous crime against humanity. I couldn’t agree more."  (February 7, 2015)
Opinion
Homework for Grade Sixes to contemplate  (February 6, 2015)
R U Smart?
Huambo: Used tyres, plastic litter undergo recycling  (February 6, 2015)
Makes Money
Lobby slams Diani beach littering fine  (February 6, 2015)
Controversy
Calangute ex-sarpanch favours use of hooks to avoid plastic littering  (February 6, 2015)
On The Hook
Wrigley closing Toronto chewing gum factory in March 2016  (February 5, 2015)
Low Sales
'Picture a Litter-Free Campus' photo contest offering prizes to University of Kentucky community  (February 5, 2015)
Smile!
Maintaining cleanliness: Event organizers must be proactive  (February 5, 2015)
Ideas
Littering problems are shocking to some citizens  (February 5, 2015)
Letter
Singapore experts call for awareness on litter-free Andhra capital  (February 5, 2015)
Read More
New South Wales: Litterbugs be warned, the public can fine you  (February 5, 2015)
New Rules
Calangute ex-sarpanch favours use of hooks to avoid plastic littering  (February 5, 2015)
Easy Way
Gloucester Tidy Towns finalist going to National Awards  (February 4, 2015)
Full Story
Littering problem in Paya Lebar  (February 4, 2015)
Letter
Public inquiry to be held over KFC plans  (February 4, 2015)
Not So Fast
Litter-strewn land to be cleared  (February 4, 2015)
Complaints
More people fined for littering in Barnsley Town Centre  (February 4, 2015)
Named
Adventurers flock to Venezuela's 'Lost World' mountain  (February 3, 2015)
Read More
Students at the Royal Agricultural University tackle litter problem in Cirencester with town mayor (February 3, 2015)
Story Here
Thank you for not littering! Flash mob --  (February 3, 2015)
 See www.facebook.com/notolittering for more on this campaign
Like It
Let’s keep our schools clean: Ghana  (February 3, 2015)
Full Story
My take on litter and the people who toss it  (February 3, 2015)
Letter
Clean city? Singapore not there yet  (February 2, 2015)
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan is the latest politician to take litterbugs to task.
Up Close
Event: Cigarette Litter Awareness Day 2015  is coming to Texas town  (February 2, 2015)
Good Idea
NE Councils in Britain spending 27% less on street cleaning since 2010  (February 2, 2015)
Find Out Why
Litter watch  (February 2, 2015)
Website
Parents urged to pack ‘litter free’ lunch boxes  (February 1, 2015)
Save Money
Not all litter is alike  (February 1, 2015)
Read More
Litter and tourism – the legacy of Yorkshire Grand Départ?  (February 1, 2015)
Re: Cycling