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News Reel . . .  January 2020

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2020
Plastics ban coming after Environment Canada science review backs need  (January 31, 2020)
Full Story
Volunteers clear up tons of litter at Ho Chi Minh City university campus  (January 31, 2020)
Good News
Young reporters in Carmarthenshire investigate litter during Burry Port beach clean-up  (January 31, 2020)
Read More
​City of Xiamen leads the way in addressing ocean plastic  (January 31, 2020)
In China
Reliance seeks to counter India plastics pushback with new road project  (January 30, 2020)
Full Story
Littering remains a problem in Kildare-Newbridge District  (January 30, 2020)
Read More
New organization works to educate and enforce littering issues in the Leland area  (January 30, 2020)
Get Details
Council vote unanimously to approve annual $2.7M to protect city’s ravine system  (January 30, 2020)
In Toronto
“Forever plastics” may soon leave Milwaukee County  (January 30, 2020)
An Update
Club picks up litter, spirits  (January 30, 2020)
Win-Win
Take Care Tahoe launches billboard to encourage responsible recreation  (January 29, 2020)
See Here
Homeless clean up trash in Ocean Beach  (January 29, 2020)
Story Here
Winnersh residents invited to join community litter picking group  (January 29, 2020)
Teamwork
ALDOT to crackdown on litter problem in Tuscaloosa  (January 29, 2020)
Get Info
Kill Devil Hills debuts beach clean-up baskets  (January 28, 2020)
Neat Idea
The time is now to eliminate single-use plastic bags  (January 28, 2020)
Editorial
West Virginia's Make It Shine Program looking for volunteers  (January 28, 2020)
Read More
A clean Harare possible: An introspection into Harare City and Clean City partnership  (January 28, 2020)
Full Story
Emu Creek, Axedale roads are not dumps, so stop littering  (January 28, 2020)
Reminder
Mayor unveils town anti-litter initiative  (January 27, 2020)
Good News
​Terrorist group al Shabaab has banned single-use plastic bags  (January 27, 2020)
Ironic
Heavy fines proposed for harming environment in Galiyat  (January 27, 2020)
Get Details
Town of Seymour residents picket outside Seven Mile Creek Landfill  (January 27, 2020)
Story Here
Fishermen to be given huge reusable sacks to haul in litter found at sea  (January 26, 2020)
Read More
Austin to study impact of litter, scooter dumping in waterways   (January 25, 2020)
Full Story
Anti-litter art at Riverwalk Park  (January 25, 2020)
View Here
Sudbury city councillor calling for solution to abandoned shopping carts  (January 25, 2020)
Get Story
Dumping and litter remain a "serious" issue in Leitrim  (January 24, 2020)
Read More
Starbucks aims to expand plant-based options, reusable packaging  (January 24, 2020)
Full Story
Irresponsible tourists turn Myanmar into a rubbish tip  (January 24, 2020)
A Problem
Olympia considers a ban on plastic bags  (January 24, 2020)
On The Table
Sunny Isles Beach Clean Water Campaign  (January 24, 2020)
Info Here
Birmingham launches anti-littering campaign  (January 23, 2020)
Read More
Trawlers now fishing for litter  (January 23, 2020)
Good Job
22 tonnes of marine litter taken from the sea at Dunmore East last year  (January 23, 2020)
Details Here
Seattlites take to social media to complain about the city's trash  (January 23, 2020)
See Photos
Fishermen have hauled in over 400 tonnes of litter  (January 23, 2020)
Big Catch
Jefferson Avenue residents demand city solve rat infestation  (January 23, 2020)
A Concern
Sea monster made of bottles and cans descends on museum to keep oceans litter free  (January 23, 2020)
Story Here
Ontario pushes pause on recycling watchdog: Critics decry loss of independent oversight  (January 22, 2020)
Full Story
Gun advocates pick up trash, protest peacefully: ‘We want to show an example’  (January 22, 2020)
Read More
More than 1,900 pounds of litter removed from Swan Creek, Tennessee River  (January 22, 2020)
Big Haul
Over 850 people brought to court for breaking waste or litter laws in 2018  (January 22, 2020)
Irish Stats
Leave no trash behind  (January 22, 2020)
A Campaign
When is litter problem going to end in Salisbury?  (January 22, 2020)
Letter
Plastic Free Letchworth spruces up Greenway with New Year litter pick  (January 22, 2020)
Teamwork
Local health experts weigh in on cigarette single-use filter ban proposal  (January 21, 2020)
New York
Fireworks escape council’s ban on ‘sky litter’  (January 21, 2020)
New Law
Stop trashing our waterways  (January 21, 2020)
An Appeal
Dozens of kites litter Palm Bay neighborhood  (January 21, 2020
Read More
BlueMed pilot action on a healthy, plastic-free Mediterranean Sea  (January 21, 2020)
Website
IMO, Norway and FAO launch Plastic Litter Project  (January 20, 2020)
Story Here
Exeter council to recruit enforcement officer to crack down on litter louts – and will pay for it through fines  (January 20, 2020)
On The Way
​Hidden cameras to identify litterbugs in western Jamaica  (January 19, 2020)           
Read More
360 litter complaints received by council in five-month period  (January 19, 2020)
New Tally
New York Democrats want to ban sale of single-use cigarette filters known as ‘butts’  (January 18, 2020)
Full Story
​Great result for Swords in anti-litter survey  (January 18, 2020)
Good Showing
Drinking and driving and littering  (January 18, 2020)
Editorial
Coastal Warriors supports idea to print customers' registration numbers on fast food bags  (January 18, 2020)
Read More
Talking lampposts remind Irish dog owners to clean-up after their pet  (January 17, 2020)
Lead Story
Toronto ravines to get litter removal, invasive species help  (January 17, 2020)
Proposed
Trashy to litter  (January 17, 2020)
Letter
City officials talk tough on litter  (January 17, 2020)
Read More
We need your help shaping our next litter and fly-tipping strategy  (January 17, 2020)
Outreach
McDonald's still rejects reusable mugs — but promises change following customer outrage  (January 16, 2020)
In Canada
Anti-litter drive demanded  (January 16, 2020)
Dublin Reacts
Take your trash – keep our rivers clean  (January 16, 2020)
A Plea
City Hall to provide trash bins  (January 16, 2020)
Read More
‘BMC marshals’ thrash, rob people after accusing them of littering  (January 16, 2020)
Crime News
Social Responsibility - What does it mean at Steveston-London?  (January 16, 2020)
School Code
Keep recycling: Some say financial challenges in the industry could spur innovation  (January 16, 2020)
Analysis
Sea Isle resident complains about litter  (January 16, 2020)
Rightly So
​Driver faces multiple charges after flicking cigarette butt: Halton police  (January 15, 2020)
Read More
Changing the world, one piece of litter at a time  (January 15, 2020)
Column
Role for public in reducing littering  (January 15, 2020)
Learn More
Increase in anti-littering fine urged  (January 15, 2020)
Story Here
Everyone Can #MakeOneChangeUC in 2020  (January 15, 2020)
So True
Excess litter prompts partial closing of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge  (January 14, 2020)
Full Story
Did you know? A tour guide found a hoard of priceless Viking treasure while cleaning up litter in Kilkenny  (January 14, 2020)
Neat Tale
Ruff guide: Dog walker’s litter-picker pets inspire global trash grab  (January 14, 2020)
Inspiring
Berkeley County deputies installing hidden cameras to catch litterbugs  (January 14, 2020)
Read More
Parents rage as homeless litter Boston school grounds with feces, syringes, used condoms  (January 14, 2020)
A Problem
Hope Floats: Cameroonian student turns plastic bottles into “eco boats”  (January 14, 2020)
View Here
Philadelphia’s Pitch & Pilot calls for smart waste reduction solutions  (January 14, 2020)
Details
One-woman litter crew on a quest to keep Chester County roads clean  (January 13, 2020)
Be Inspired
Drive against open littering in city launched officially  (January 13, 2020)
Get Facts
Chain gang busy in Clallam County  (January 13, 2020)
Litter Crew
‘Ballot bin’ initiative could be trialled to improve cigarette litter in Arbroath  (January 13, 2020)
Catching On
An Taisce names and shames the country's dirty old towns  (January 13, 2020)
Year End Report
County officials crack down on illegal dumping  (January 13, 2020)
Story Here
Dog park litter causes pet sickness in Strathcona County  (January 12, 2020)
Read More
Green Party TD calls for investigation beach 'litter mounds'  (January 12, 2020)
A Concern
Pensioner, 73, fined £75 for littering and ‘treated like a criminal’ after feeding crumbs to pigeons  (January 11, 2020)
Full Story
Councillors back effort to clean up city  (January 11, 2020)
Push Is On
Less trash collected in this year’s ‘Traslacion’  (January 11, 2020)
Read More
Local student art work to be showcased at exhibition  (January 11, 2020)
Story Here
​Littering in Fiji contributes to flooding, remains eyesore  (January 11, 2020)
A Risk
​Officials in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg want to make the district zero-waste  (January 11, 2020)
New Ideas
Students compete in anti-littering sign campaign​  (January 10, 2020)
Read More
Staffer in trouble after PM himself sees cigarette littering  (January 10, 2020)
Get Story
‘Litter police’ issue fines to over 1,500 people in Exeter during pilot project  (January 9, 2020)
More Here
Take Care Cape Cod announces “Think Like It’s 1620" Challenge  (January 9, 2020)
New!
Forget plastics when it comes to restaurants in our city, Alameda officials say  (January 9, 2020)
Full Story
Celebration of Life for Maui environmental advocate, Jan Dapitan  (January 9, 2020)
A Tribute
Litter wardens will patrol the streets from Tuesday - and thousands of fines are expected  (January 8, 2020)
Read More
Six-year-old Leah does her bit for the planet by picking up litter in Templeton Woods  (January 8, 2020)
Inspiring
Artwork sought for 2021 Trash Poster contest  (January 8, 2020)
For Oklahoma
The 2 Minute Foundation is now a registered charity  (January 8, 2020)
Great Work
Beachgoer finds crisp packet from 1969 washed up on Cornish coast  (January 8, 2020)
Story Here
Jamaica's national solid waste agency issued 8,130 removal notices, 1,619 tickets for littering  (January 8, 2020)
See Stats
New South Wales awards litter prevention grants  (January 8, 2020)
Latest Round
Wegmans plastic bag ban starts January 27  (January 7, 2020)
Full Story
Hambleton Council to step up enforcement action over lorry drivers’ antisocial behaviour  (January 7, 2020)
Read More
Tons of litter pulled out of Hennops River  (January 7, 2020)
In Pretoria
Dirty Cork - it's bad news on littering for parts of the city and county  (January 7, 2020)
Story Here
Smoking ban creates cigarette butt littering problem for Sibu Municipal Council  (January 7, 2020)
Full Story
Galway named cleanest city in litter league  (January 7, 2020)
Ireland
Carlow still considered 'moderately littered' after latest IBAL survey results  (January 7, 2020)
Read More
‘Cleaner than European norms’: Waterford climbs up Ireland’s cleanest towns list  (January 7, 2020)
Good News
City intensifies anti-littering drive, eyes congestion, environmental fees  (January 7, 2020)
A Problem
Dublin's North Inner City Bottom In Litter Ranking  (January 7, 2020)
"Grim"
‘A superb achievement’ – Kilkenny named Ireland’s cleanest town or city once again  (January 6, 2020)
The Winner!
​Litter rankings: Kilkenny cleanest in Ireland while Dublin's north inner city 'seriously littered'  (January 6, 2020)
Just In
Grounds of hospital classed as litter black spot in IBAL survey  (January 6, 2020)
Read More
Berkeley now charging 25-cents for single-use cups  (January 5, 2020)
Trending
Memphis starts off new year with a new litter cleanup campaign  (January 5, 2020)
Story Here
Fireworks litter park  (January 5, 2020)
An Issue
The plastic polluters won 2019 – and we're running out of time to stop them  (January 5, 2020)
Opinion
Kathmandu Metropolitan City once again starts waste segregation campaign  (January 5, 2020)
Get Details
Tourists want public toilets, garbage bins and a hassle-free airport—not a week-long tourism extravaganza  (January 4, 2020)
Read More
Waupaca Co. officials investigate dumping of energy drinks along road  (January 4, 2020)
On The Case
Litter pickers bounce above Snowdon on one of many bizarre finds  (January 4, 2020)
Full Story
Time to take care of our waterways  (January 4, 2020)
Commentary
Litter louts dump Christmas toys at roadside  (January 3, 2020)
Read More
Facebook initiative to clear up cigarette butts from Luxembourg City organised for late January  (January 2, 2020)
Good Idea
11 arrested for littering in Luneta on New Year's eve  (January 2, 2020)
Story Here
Repeated littering at Rizal Park dismays EcoWaste Coalition  (January 2, 2020)
Reaction
Woman catches man littering, takes instant justice  (January 1, 2020)
See Video
Keep it clean, officials urge festival goers  (January 1, 2020)
Read More
Plastic: The largest predator in our oceans  (January 1, 2020)
Op-Ed