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"Litter Control in Ontario: No Time To Waste"
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"Ontario's Litter Problem: In Whose Hands Does It Rest?"
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2016
Beach litter doubles in 12 months  (February 29, 2016)
Troubling
Clean Up Australia Day focus on fast food restaurants  (February 29, 2016)
Team Effort
Town says weekly paper is litter problem  (February 29, 2016)
Read More
Bengaluru: Fragile Ghats facing threat from littering ‘trekkers’  (February 29, 2016)
Story Here
Clean-up campaigns: Are they helping?  (February 29, 2016)
Analysis
Litterbugs face 15 days in jail  (February 29, 2016)
In Harare
Litter louts ruin visitors’ enjoyment at Sharjah waterfront  (February 29, 2016)
No Reason
Government wants police to crack down against littering  (February 28, 2016)
In Goa
Join in litter pick for Queen’s big birthday  (February 28, 2016)
Next Weekend
Litter removed from Lilac Lane property  (February 28, 2016)
Read More
Littering needs to be stopped at Vizag heritage sites  (February 27, 2016)
Concerning
Maldives accuses opposition lawmakers of littering, threatening president's relatives  (February 27, 2016)
Long Story
New mobile app to prevent garbage littering on streets  (February 27, 2016)
Preview
Fix-It campaigner arrested for trying to ‘litter outside CM House’  (February 27, 2016)
Protester
'Amman municipality building seven new public parks  (February 27, 2016)
Full Story
Pub landlady sick of doggers littering her car park  (February 26, 2016)
Read More
A fighting force: The Gurkhas scale high cliffs for The Queen  (February 26, 2016)
An Army
Complaints over dog mess and litter in Earlswood playground  (February 26, 2016)
Full Story
Open defecation and litter free India by 2019, says Swachh Bharat Mission chief Praveen Prakash  (February 26, 2016)
Video
Residents report littering problem along Way Out Staples  (February 26, 2016)
Texas
Residents told to clean their compounds  (February 26, 2016)
Post-Storm
New Jersey: Stop blowing smoke on ban  (February 26, 2016)
Opinion
Artist creates life-like 3D portraits from DNA on litter  (February 25, 2016)
See This
'We are on the verge of a litter crisis' - British 'grotspots' cleaned for the Queen  (February 25, 2016)
Shocker
Volunteers sought to help rein in rule breakers at Sunset Park  (February 25, 2016)
Good Plan
Pak police takes Karachi ‘Fix it’ campaigner into custody for littering  (February 25, 2016)
Protester
The land should not lose its glitter on account of litter  (February 25, 2016)
Letter
Improper litter disposal provides mosquitoes with breeding areas  (February 25, 2016)
Reminder
Litter and fly-tipping debate led by Committee Chair  (February 25, 2016)
UK
Don’t litter Mumbai with film posters, say Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkummar, director Mehta  (February 24, 2016)
New Trend?
Now government to urge tourists not to litter  (February 24, 2016)
Story Here
Residents help make Glasgow’s west-end litter free zone  (February 24, 2016)
Team Spirit
Human waste and litter marring the site of historic Tekapo church  (February 24, 2016)
Full Story
Groups invited to commit to litter free communities  (February 24, 2016)
Read More
Yego blasts Sports Kenya over misuse of stadium during Safaricom event  (February 23, 2016)
Star Power
School’s Competition News – Litter Poster  (February 23, 2016)
Brief
Increasing weekend litter sparks fury  (February 23, 2016)
Story Here
Video – How Litter Kills  (February 23, 2016)
Animated
Litter pickers wanted for events in March  (February 23, 2016)
UK
Kg Lumapas residents express concerns over illegal dumping  (February 23, 2016)
Read More
Litter left along parade route  (February 23, 2016)
Problem
Chris Packham photographs the impact of litter - in pictures  (February 22, 2016)
Must See
Long way to go from ‘do not litter’ to reduce, reuse, recycle  (February 22, 2016)
Jakarta
$50k revenue from litter penalty  (February 22, 2016)
In Fiji
Litter solution may involve self-help  (February 22, 2016)
Editorial
Trash escapes Coopersville landfill on strong winds  (February 21, 2016)
Full Story
Simple solutions to litter problem  (February 21, 2016)
Letter
Litter louts!  (February 21, 2016)
Call to Action
Littering worries Environment Minister  (February 20, 2016)
Namibia
Dozens of 20-foot-tall presidential busts litter Virginia farmer's land  (February 20, 2016)
Unusual
Expensive cigarette for litter bug  (February 20, 2016)
Ouch!
Litter message taken home with Geelong students  (February 20, 2016)
Story Here
City emphasizes litter cleanup for downtown maintenance contract  (February 20, 2016)
Read More
What can we do about the trash littering our oceans?  (February 20, 2016)
Article
Pick up litter please - or else (February 20, 2016)
Brief
Litter accumulation on Venice Road becoming larger problem than city can handle  (February 19, 2016)
Complaints
MDC and MoDOT invite schools to fight litter through “No MOre Trash!” contest  
Promoting
Say no to litter in 2016  (February 19, 2016)
Checklist
Nantwich Litter Group to lead “Clean for the Queen” campaign  (February 19, 2016)
Stepping Up
Residents angered by litter from Monifieth High pupils  (February 19, 2016)
Not Happy
Refrain from littering, says health minister  (February 19, 2016)
Fiji's Push
Dumfries wardens prepare to star in telly show on litter fight  (February 18, 2016)
Prime Time
Time to tackle littering issue  (February 18, 2016)
So True
Have your say on Burnham-On-Sea beach litter – new survey launched   (February 18, 2016)
Learn More
Litter everywhere brings out the grumpy middle-aged man in me  (February 18, 2016)
Column
askHRgreen wins national award for Cigarette Litter Prevention Program  (February 18, 2016)
Full Story
University of Arizona students hurl insults, and litter, at mosque in Tucson  (February 17, 2016)
Disturbing
Experiment at Christchurch Quay to encourage people to take their litter home  (February 17, 2016)
Read More
Roadway litter is disrespectful  (February 17, 2016)
Letter
Carolina Forest cleanup nets 55 bags of litter  (February 17, 2016)
Strategy
Litter lout who gave fake details to escape £75 fine gets £1,000 court bill  (February 17, 2016)
See This
Campaign helps cut Surfers litter  (February 17, 2016)
Full Story
Government wants village councils to help overcome littering  (February 17, 2016)
Brunei
Conservation group furious over "disgusting" litter  (February 17, 2016)
Read More
Joint Media Release – Targeting litter hotspots  (February 17, 2016)
Political
Centre may bring law to penalize littering: Venkaiah  (February 16, 2016)
Read More
Blackburn litter picker will trek 7000 miles to clean up Britain  (February 16, 2016)
Role Model
Volunteers to calculate litter level in Horry County, SC  (February 15, 2016)
Teamwork
Put your litter in the bin  (February 15, 2016)
From Fiji
Cramlington students prove their litter campaign is anything but rubbish  (February 15, 2016)
Studied
State land squatters evicted, charged  (February 15, 2016)
Arizona
Littering in towns is out of control  (February 15, 2016)
Letter
School impasse shines light on littering  (February 15, 2016)
Opinion
Littering a 'national problem' in Fiji (February 14, 2016)
Read More
It's time to get serious about enforcing litter laws, says columnist  (February 14, 2016)
Good Points
Abergele pupils land top award for green campaign and helping keep Wales Coastal Path litter-free  (February 13, 2016)
Story Here
Columnist: How to stop the Zika virus? Don't litter  (February 13, 2016)
From NZ
Man charged for littering and using harmful language  (February 13, 2016)
Defiant
Church Avenue targeted in mayor’s new Clean Streets campaign  (February 13, 2016)
New York
The Real Business Challenge returns for the 12th year running and raises awareness on litter  (February 13, 2016)
Coca-Cola
Show the love for a litter-free Leeds  (February 12, 2016)
With Valentine’s Day approaching Leeds residents are being asked to the show the love for their city by taking part in a new clean-up campaign. 
Full Story
'Depressing litter is everyone's responsibility but council must take the lead'  (February 12, 2016)
Opinion
Harare in anti-littering blitz  (February 12, 2016)
Aiming High
Letter: Time to treat litter bug infestation  (February 12, 2016)
Read More
Love Stevenage this Valentines Day  (February 12, 2016)
Read More
Ballot Bin - lessons from taking a litter-tackling idea from concept to market  (February 12, 2016)
For Sale
“Love It, Don’t Trash It” campaign launched to keep Dalton and Whitfield beautiful  (February 12, 2016)
Underway
Regional organization receives award for decreasing cigarette litter  (February 11, 2016)
74% Less!
Student volunteers take on the litter louts  (February 11, 2016)
Special Week
Citizen organizing initiative to stop litter  (February 11, 2016)
Tennessee
Walking in Tripoli streets, litter is everywhere  (February 11, 2016)
Fallout
Focus on people who litter  (February 11, 2016)
Editorial
There’s nothing attractive about roadside litter  (February 11, 2016)
Opinion
Parents worried about groups of drinkers and litter near school in Rugby  (February 11, 2016)
Want Action
Man pays £684 after dropping cigarette end near Tesco in Cambridge as number of litter fines rockets  (February 10, 2016)
Read More
Tourists litter countryside during Northern Lights trips  (February 10, 2016)
Spoilers
Let’s get rid of this litter  (February 10, 2016)
Letter
Plastic and paperboard top offenders in Aussie litter report  (February 9, 2016)
Out Early
Vancouver seeking new ways to tackle city’s growing litter problem  (February 9, 2016)
Full Story
Hong Kong activists, police clash over holiday food stalls  (February 9, 2016)
Nasty
De Blasio unveils plan to crack down on graffiti, litter In NYC  (February 9, 2016)
Major
1.3 tons of waste, litter recovered from a lagoon  (February 9, 2016)
Divers
Time to clean up the streets  (February 9, 2016)
Big Day Soon
Hit Litter event heralds another blooming year  (February 9, 2016)
Greening
Wolverhampton litter fines rocket from 34 to 2,877  (February 8, 2016)
Big Jump
Streets covered by litter after Lunar New Year's Eve  (February 8, 2016)
See More
NEA’s anti-littering enforcement officers let Caucasian man go scot-free  (February 8, 2016)
Singapore
Littering streets? Be ready to pay fine  (February 8, 2016)
Story Here
National effort to curb littering  (February 8, 2016)
In Fiji
Overflowing litter sparks debate  (February 8, 2016)
An Issue
Vancouver mulls coffee cup, plastic bag ban  (February 8, 2016)
Read More
Litter-strewn streets heighten expectations of violence and vandalism  (February 7, 2016)
New Research
Surfers adopts anti-litter drive  (February 7, 2016)
Pro-Active
Littering and vandalism rife at Queen Elizabeth Park  (February 7, 2016)
Full Story
Farang man praised for collecting litter from Hua Hin beach  (February 6, 2016)
Good News
Deputies: Seminole County's 'junkman' arrested for littering in yard  (February 6, 2016)
Last Resort
The girls behind the art on Clinton sanitation truck  (February 6, 2016)
Brief
Warrington cracks down on litter louts  (February 6, 2016)
In The Courts
Anti-litter ads help clean up Pirie beachfront three years on  (February 5, 2016)
Ongoing
Dhaka needs 'decisive action' to deal with littering culture  (February 5, 2016)
Motorists, pedestrians are blamed for 30-55 pieces of littering
Full Story
Warning to litter louts after woman fined £220  (February 5, 2016)
Read More
Campaign to help curb littering  (February 5, 2016)
On The Way
Politicians caught leaving litter after promoting clean-up day  (February 5, 2016)
Oops!
Measures taken to clean up Punggol marina litter  (February 5, 2016)
Photo/Story
Bradford pair fined for littering after dropping cigarette butts in city centre  (February 5, 2016)
Penalty
East Ayrshire Council is blasted over failing to maintain a litter-strewn country road  (February 5, 2016)
Complaint
Concerns over litter issue  (February 5, 2016)
Fiji
Litter initiative to be year round  (February 5, 2016)
Read More
VIDEO: Singapore NEA volunteers may be empowered to issue summonses to litterbugs  (February 4, 2016)
Good Idea
Company fined for illegal dumping of construction waste material, littering  (February 4, 2016)
Guilty
Central Florida man faces felony littering charge  (February 4, 2016)
A Hoarder
One Year of Swachh Bharat: Here's what its foot soldiers have to say  (February 4, 2016)
Video
Mumbai Airport will fine staffers who litter terminal  (February 4, 2016)
New Tack
Eateries fined after being caught littering  (February 4, 2016)
Read More
Anger as litterbugs turn Al Qudra Lakes into rubbish tip  (February 4, 2016)
Letter
Delhi CM slams BJP for littering garbage, demands CBI probe into funds’ mismanagement   (February 3, 2016)
Full Story
MCD strike: Workers block major roads in Delhi; dump garbage, set tires ablaze  (February 3, 2016)
Messy
Animal cruelty case ends with littering plea  (February 3, 2016)
Oddity
Fiji’s Environment minister warns litter bugs  (February 3, 2016)
Takes Aim
Sheriff, police jury talk litter along Webster roads  (February 3, 2016)
More
Councillors cry foul over dog litter  (February 3, 2016)
Read More
Cigarette litter costs Birmingham man £545  (February 3, 2016)
Failed To Pay
Litter-strewn Cambridge pathway is an 'embarrassment', says councillor  (February 3, 2016)
Outcry
Littering and dog fouling with the junior wardens  (February 3, 2016)
Website
Birmingham City Council releases Street Litter Data  (February 3, 2016)
Read More
Let’s Do It! World Cleanup engaged Over 3.4 million volunteers to clean up waste last year  (February 3, 2016)
Top Marks
Texas Heritage Protection Initiative launched  (February 3, 2016)
Republicans
Kettering litter pickers fear for wildlife near to planned new homes  (February 3, 2016)
Endangered
Anti-litter groups: Cigarette butts trash Valley freeways  (February 3, 2016)
Speaking Out
Students compete to design litter awareness campaign  (February 2, 2016)
All of UK
Principal comments on wrapper controversy  (February 2, 2016)
He's Right
Thousands of litter picker jobs lost  (February 2, 2016)
Full Story
Illegal dumping cause for concern  (February 2, 2016)
In Fiji
Youngsters are preparing to take part in the Litter Less campaign in Scotland  (February 2, 2016)
Major Push
Tungku Beach gets new facilities  (February 2, 2016)
Story Here
Record Gasparilla crowd leaves loads of litter  (February 2, 2016)
Too Much
Keep America Beautiful conference starts today  (February 1, 2016)
The 2016 event in Orlando is made possible through the support of some of America’s leading companies
Details
Food vendors blamed for Mwanza's litter crisis  (February 1, 2016)
Read More
Anti-Dumping and Anti-Littering Task Force created in Delaware  (February 1, 2016)
Audio
Pick up your litter: Young individuals endeavour to clean up Karachi  (February 1, 2016)
Inspired
Has Swachh Bharat Abhiyan cured the litterbug in you?  (February 1, 2016)
Critique
Macon-Bibb litter hotline successful in first few weeks  (February 1, 2016)
Full Story
Calls for review of litter officer patrol routes after 'rubbish blizzard' in Tunbridge Wells  (February 1, 2016)
Read More