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News Reel . . . February 2017

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Sunday Newsletter: This Week In "Litterland"
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​PLEDGE TO NOT LITTER

​2017
Litter lout gets his comeuppance after hurling rubbish out of car window into the path of fellow motorist​  (February 28, 2017)
Video/Story
Aiken County Council talks litter, reinvigorating its litter task force  (February 28, 2017)
Good Step
Ocean littering could out-number fish by 2050  (February 28, 2017)
Warning
40 per cent less litter in Selby Town Centre during Bin It For Good  (February 28, 2017)
Full Story
Poll: Would you intervene if you saw someone littering?  (February 27, 2017)
Vote
The nuisance of plastic waste dominates litter is Lusaka  (February 27, 2017)
Read More
Meet the eight-year-old litter picker cleaning up her neighbourhood  (February 27, 2017)
Inspiring
Protesters abuse neighbours, litter street outside Lord Mayor’s house  (February 27, 2017)
Bad Idea
More devotees turn up at SGNP in Mumbai but litter less on Mahashivratri  (February 26, 2017)
Full Story
Maidstone: Vote for worst litter grot-spot ahead of McDonald's clean up  (February 26, 2017)
Polling
Name that litter-eating monster  (February 26, 2017)
See More
Great British Clean, March 3 - 5  (February 26, 2017)
Details
Major new litter initiative announced for New Zealand (February 25, 2017)
Big News
Oceans of marine rubbish dumped on Blue Flag beach  (February 25, 2017)
Shocker!
Littering problem continues to grow in spite of efforts at curtailing  (February 25, 2017)
Tennessee
Greenwich Council boss hopes everyone will join Great British Spring Clean  (February 25, 2017)
Coming Soon
Shiva devotees at Yeoor under vigil to prevent littering  (February 25, 2017)
Blockade
Volunteers banding together to give park a spruce up  (February 25, 2017)
Teamwork
What is going into those green bins?  (February 25, 2017)
Letter
Meet Newcastle’s one-woman litter crusader and she’s on a mission  (February 25, 2017)
Feature
Does soft drinks industry and government have the bottle to reduce plastic pollution?  (February 25, 2017)​
Opinion
Fly-tipping left Ealing filthiest  (February 25, 2017)​
Story Here
Ten countries join UN Environment’s war on marine litter  (February 24, 2017)
Read More
Walsall’s litter louts hit with 250 fines in six months  (February 24, 2017)
Story Here
Communities being trashed litter by litter  (February 24, 2017)
Editorial
​Litter-picking llama Domingo launches anti-rubbish campaign  (February 24, 2017)
Fun Mascot
Plastic bottle return would protect Great Lakes  (February 24, 2017)
Push Is On
New fines for rubbish dumpers  (February 24, 2017)
New Zealand
​Sainsburys commits to 100 per cent plastic-free cotton buds with adhesive reformulation  (February 24, 2017)
Industry News
The Gulf of Thailand as communal trash bin  (February 24, 2017)
Opinion
Commissioner says issue a squeaky wheel  (February 24, 2017)
Read More
Coca-Cola decision to back deposit return scheme branded ‘fantastic and heartening’  (February 23, 2017)
Full Story
UN Environment starts campaign to end marine litter  (February 23, 2017)
Great News
Putting end to marine litter is everyone’s business  (February 23, 2017)
Editorial
Tackling litter louts requires cross-governmental action  (February 22, 2017)
Good Info
Hortense off roaders arrested for DUI and litter  (February 22, 2017)
Busted!
TD who broke litter laws with Keep the Recovery Going posters bids to have fine reduced  (February 22, 2017)
Full Story
Plans to cut media budget to fund litter hit squad in Teignbridge rejected by councillors  (February 22, 2017)
Read It
Clean-up kits offered to help in litter battle  (February 22, 2017)
Good Idea
Mendip District Council says sorry to litter pickers for refusing to collect Shepton Mallet rubbish  (February 22, 2017)
Oops!
Two-thirds of litter fines in city centre not being paid  (February 22, 2017)
A Problem
Dedication to litter will continue even in these times of public austerity  (February 22, 2017)
Right Idea
Dog fouling in parks down by 60 per cent following DNA pilot scheme in Barking and Dagenham    (February 21, 2017)
Full Story
Love East Suffolk returns for spring  (February 21, 2017)
Read More
Bottle deposit scheme a win-win for environment  (February 21, 2017)
Push Is On
Curb the noise, litter and poo or else face a new fine  (February 21, 2017)
Warning
Thousands of empty Buckfast bottles found in Claddagh Basin  (February 21, 2017)
More Here
Surfers Against Sewage campaigning for refundable deposit on plastic bottles to end devastation  (February 21, 2017)
Lobbying
A word to the wise about discarding trash  (February 21, 2017)
Advice
MMDA probes anti-littering enforcer who harassed commuters  (February 20, 2017)
Full Story
West Virginia lawmakers weight stiffer litter punishment  (February 20, 2017)
Update
Public awareness key to littering law success  (February 20, 2017)
In Depth
Beverage containers still major source of litter  (February 20, 2017)
Story Here
Man's campaign to litter-pick parts of Coventry  (February 20, 2017)
Video
Literary Litter Pickers help tackle the trash  (February 20, 2017)
By The Book
Passengers to be punished for bus littering in Baku  (February 19, 2017)
Read More
Once fined for littering in Kuwait, this Rajasthan businessman now drives for cleanliness  (February 19, 2017)
Inspiring
Outcry over book donor litter fine​  (February 19, 2017)
Too Far?
Time for stronger anti-littering enforcement in Changi  (February 18, 2017)
Letter
Body cameras to catch litter offenders  (February 18, 2017)
Eyes Are On
Dedicated squad starts work cracking down on litter  (February 18, 2017)
Find Out How
​South Africans collect beach litter and turn it into bricks  (February 18, 2017)
Full Story
Know littering costly to everyone  (February 18, 2017)
Editorial
Plastic 'nurdles' found on beaches  (February 17, 2017)
Serious
Far North District Council – Council adopts new fines for littering  (February 17, 2017)
Story Here
Council responds to Uckfield bypass litter complaints  (February 17, 2017)
Good Move
Translink sorry for 'disgusting' litter at bus depot  (February 17, 2017)
Read More
German scientists sound alarm on Arctic trash  (February 17, 2017)
Important
Vienna fines increase for dog fouling and cigarette butt litter  (February 16, 2017)
Full Story
Pay for bags, scan my own shopping, now pay for a trolley  (February 16, 2017)
Column
Does removing trash bins on New York subway platforms reduce littering?  (February 16, 2017)
Video
Parliament pushes control of littering and waste disposal  (February 16, 2017)
Read More
Losers litter trash walk Sunday, February 19  (February 16, 2017)
Event
Tradies roll up for roadside litter  (February 16, 2017)
Good Idea
Melting snow turns up clear proof that Peterborough still has a littering habit  (February 15, 2017)
Ontario
Legislative Assembly passed regulations on littering  (February 15, 2017)
Tonga
Beverage container rubbish increased by 1.5 per cent in 2016  (February 15, 2017)
Australia
Cops hunt Hitler worshipping commuter who is littering London Underground with Swastika stickers  (February 15, 2017)
On The Hunt
Sports chiefs back the war on bottles  (February 15, 2017)
Scotland
Alcester getting grips on litter  (February 15, 2017)
Event
Sligo Council given go ahead to appoint new litter warden  (February 15, 2017)
Read More
​My despise for littering  (February 14, 2017)
Column
Littering from cars: Council report  (February 14, 2017)
New Figures
Residents fed up with drug use and litter urged to attend public meeting  (February 14, 2017)
Local Action
Help tackle litter grot spots  (February 14, 2017)
More Here
Mother and daughter form group to tackle waterway pollution  (February 14, 2017)
Inspiring
Wastebusters in Bengaluru: Community holds mega event with zero-litter  (February 13, 2017)
India
Jakarta administration imposes stern measures against littering  (February 13, 2017)
Shaming
Drive to keep Walsall tidy from litter and flytipping  (February 13, 2017)
Read More
Illegal littering in Murray stacks up  (February 13, 2017)
Problem
People who litter city of Adelaide streets are in the sights of Lord Mayor Martin Haese  (February 12, 2017)
Full Story
Litter piling up on Arctic sea floor  (February 12, 2017)
New Research
Litter takes its toll on the region's dairy herd  (February 12, 2017)
Take Heed
Litter pickers launch latest phase of Our Edinburgh  (February 12, 2017)
Great Job
Incredible moment a captured on cyclist’s helmet camera  (February 11, 2017)
Must See
Community reporter raise battle cry against littering  (February 11, 2017)
Read More
'Depressing litter is everyone’s responsibility but council must take the lead'  (February 11, 2017)
Opinion
​The latest from Victoria, Australia  (February 10, 2017)
Newsletter
Second-hand smoking in Japanese restaurants will soon almost be a thing of the past  (February 10, 2017)
Full Story
Fort Smith parks panel okays smoking ban  (February 10, 2017)
Read More
Paso bans smoking in public  (February 10, 2017)
New Tack
Littering app comes under fire in South Australia  (February 9, 2017)
Controversy
Households face fines of €75 for no reply to ‘litter’ letters  (February 9, 2017)
Full Story
Team Limerick Clean-Up's 'monster' appetite for litter  (February 9, 2017)
Contest On
AuSable hikes penalty for littering  (February 9, 2017)
Get Details
Litterbugs trashing county roads  (February 8, 2017)
Tennessee
What does the Torah say about people who litter?  (February 8, 2017)
Viewpoint
Marlborough Council lifts the lid on region’s litter concerns  (February 8, 2017)
Read More
By the numbers in Scotland  (February 8, 2017)
Statisitcs
Mumbai students make gadget to keep trains litter free  (February 7, 2017)
Full Story
An entertaining video . . .​  (February 7, 2017)
Anti-litter logo is back after being binned  (February 7, 2017)
Story Here
Supervisors vow to get tougher on litter in the county  (February 7, 2017)
Find Out How
Littering fines hit seven year high last year  (February 7, 2017)
Singpaore
BBMP starts penalising people for littering, not sorting waste  (February 7, 2017)
Strategy
Public ignore stiff fines for littering in Hanoi  (February 6, 2017)
Story Here
5,667 litter notices  (February 6, 2017)
Fiji
Litter bugs cost ratepayers  (February 6, 2017)
Read More
Council fined by EPA over blown litter  (February 6, 2017)
Penalty
All smiles from homeless man picking up litter for free   (February 4, 2017)
Full Story
Local grant focuses on cigarette litter   (February 4, 2017)
Details Here
​Passionate anti-litter campaigner urges smokers to visit the Donald Trump ‘butt bin’ in Hitchin’s Churchgate!   (February 4, 2017)
Ballot Box
Local pupils lead campaign for new litter bins in Feeny  (February 4, 2017)
Leaders
Rome City Commissioner Bill Collins wants to wage war on littering  (February 4, 2017)
Learn More
800 fined for littering city  (February 3, 2017)
Read More
New bill seeks to combat litter of mini-liquor bottles  (February 3, 2017)
Full Story
Art installations show the impacts of littering  (February 3, 2017)
Cool Idea
Crackdown on public peeing and littering  (February 3, 2017)
Fed Up
Kerry litter plan to tackle scourge of discarded coffee cups  (February 3, 2017)
A Challenge
​Councils spent more than £43 million cleaning up litter in 2016  (February 3, 2017)
Story Here
One in seven Northern Ireland streets and parks miss litter standard  (February 3, 2017)
Read Stats
State government app and new laws targeting litterbugs  (February 2, 2017)
Brand New
Drop in littering in Honiara  (February 2, 2017)
Learn More
Public sculpture with a purpose: Installations combine litter and animals to show the two don't mix  (February 2, 2017)
Story Here
Litter all over Southland beaches calls to #DobADumper  (February 2, 2017)
Call To Act
Keep America Beautiful announces winners of How Will You End Littering? video contest  (February 1, 2017)
Full Story
Pearl River Central NJROTC Cadets take to the streets to fight litter  (February 1, 2017)
Read Here