News Reel . . . January, 2023
WATERFORD: IRELAND'S CLEANEST CITY IN 2022 for the third year in a row. Credit: Flickr/ William Murphy
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Sunday Newsletter: This Week In "Litterland"
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After videos go viral, Vande Bharat trains to get 'flight-like' litter collection system (January 30, 2023)
Keep Britain Tidy Launches First TV Ad in a Campaign to Stub Out All Smoking-Related Litter (January 30, 2023)
Keep Britain Tidy Launches First TV Ad in a Campaign to Stub Out All Smoking-Related Litter (January 30, 2023)
"Ridiculous" Litter Problem (January 29, 2023)
Two companies fined for littering (January 28, 2023)
Railways changes cleaning system in Vande Bharat trains, seeks cooperation from people (January 28, 2023)
Walking dogs on beaches and accidental littering landing thousands in court (January 28, 2023)
Two companies fined for littering (January 28, 2023)
Railways changes cleaning system in Vande Bharat trains, seeks cooperation from people (January 28, 2023)
Walking dogs on beaches and accidental littering landing thousands in court (January 28, 2023)
Langford resident wants more friendliness, less litter (January 27, 2023)
Little Scots eco-warrior who tells off strangers for dropping litter becomes famous in hometown (January 27, 2023)
Increased enforcement planned for downtown Ottawa this weekend (January 27, 2023)
Little Scots eco-warrior who tells off strangers for dropping litter becomes famous in hometown (January 27, 2023)
Increased enforcement planned for downtown Ottawa this weekend (January 27, 2023)
Minibus driver fed up with passengers littering in buses (January 23, 2023)
West Haven neighbors feel disrespected by Family Dollar litter (January 23, 2023)
IMC to impose penalty for littering (January 23, 2023)
West Haven neighbors feel disrespected by Family Dollar litter (January 23, 2023)
IMC to impose penalty for littering (January 23, 2023)
Environmental groups urge McKee to back ‘bottle bill’ to fight litter (January 21, 2023)
Council crack down on littering to protect Local environment (January 20, 2023)
Council crack down on littering to protect Local environment (January 20, 2023)
Vancouver council to consider wide-ranging plan to ‘uplift’ Chinatown neighbourhood (January 18, 2023)
Ending littering in Guyana: A hopeless delusion or a promising reality? Part 1 (January 18, 2023)
Cleaning up an 81-ton litter heap shows scale of Baton Rouge's stormwater problem (January 17, 2023)
Ending littering in Guyana: A hopeless delusion or a promising reality? Part 1 (January 18, 2023)
Cleaning up an 81-ton litter heap shows scale of Baton Rouge's stormwater problem (January 17, 2023)
Video of actor Mohanlal picking up litter from street goes viral (January 16, 2023)
Airport helps communicate message to stop marine litter (January 16, 2023)
Airport helps communicate message to stop marine litter (January 16, 2023)
These innovations are pulling plastic pollution out of rivers to stop it reaching our ocean. Here’s how (January 15, 2023)
Ireland’s cleanest and most litter-filled areas, revealed (January 12, 2023)
Lord Mayor defends Cork after the city was branded ‘seriously littered’ (January 12, 2023)
Lord Mayor defends Cork after the city was branded ‘seriously littered’ (January 12, 2023)
Single-use plastic cutlery and plates to be banned in England (January 11, 2023)
‘A plastic fork can take 200 years to decompose’, said environment secretary Thérèse Coffey
‘A plastic fork can take 200 years to decompose’, said environment secretary Thérèse Coffey
Trash bins in Dotonbori in Osaka speak with Kansai accent (January 10, 2023)
Pockets of Limerick city filled with litter (January 10, 2023)
Pockets of Limerick city filled with litter (January 10, 2023)
RSPCA issues litter warning after seagull gets tangled in fishing wire on TV aerial (January 8, 2023)
COVID-19 PPE trash adding stress to already huge litter problem (January 8, 2023)
COVID-19 PPE trash adding stress to already huge litter problem (January 8, 2023)
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Thought of the Day: Hang on to your masks. No one has permission to throw PPE on the ground. Carry your mask around your wrist or stuff it in your pocket, purse or pack until you get to a garbage can. Put your used masks in a can. The street is not a garbage can.
Editorial: Happy New Year. Dare we dream this year for a reduction in littering instead of a continuing increase? To kick off 2023 we ask the question, whose job is it to talk to smokers about how they dispose of their tobacco waste? Cigarette butts, the packages, cellophane wrappers, foil, plastic tips -- evidence demonstrates that smokers throw this stuff down as though the price of the product gives them an entitlement to litter it. Cigarette butts, in particular -- plastic, single-use, nicotine-contaminated, classified toxic, noxious filters -- cast off by smokers by the millions are found on the ground virtually anywhere you look. Whose job is it to tell the beginning smoker about product disposal? The manufacturers', the health department's, the local government, environmental regulator, retailer - who? Unlike most products, tobacco products don't come with instructions for use or disposal. cont'd ... |
Where does a smoker learn how to use the product responsibly? That's a joke. Most smokers begin their habit sneakily and illicitly -- they're not concerned about how to treat the product. They'll just do what they see other smokers doing and drop it on the ground. Whose job is it to begin to put the brakes on this behavior? If you have friends and family members who smoke, teaching them not to litter could be your job. The goal is to create a society of environmentally responsible smokers who never litter.
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