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News Reel . . . July 2018

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Sunday Newsletter: This Week In "Litterland"
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2018
Heavy fines fail to stop littering  (July 31, 2018)
Viet Nam
Philadelphia turning illegal signs into art  (July 31, 2018)
An Update
‘Green mountaineers’ clean up Everest’s litter  (July 31, 2018)
Full Story
If you litter, Europe’s last dictator may confiscate your car  (July 31, 2018)
More Here
Evie says littering is rubbish!  (July 31, 2018)
Cute
Littering from your car could land you a £150 fine and also cause a fire  (July 30, 2018)
Read More
Darlington Cares’ first child-friendly litter picking challenge set to take place this summer  (July 30, 2018)
Unique
Only half of people caught dropping litter in Aberdeen in the past seven years have paid their fines  (July 29, 2018)
Story Here
Smoker Peter Wheatley prepared to be jailed rather than pay cigarette litter fine  (July 29, 2018)
A Protest
'Butt in' when you 'butt out': City of Vancouver hands out pocket-ashtrays to tackle litter  (July 29 2018)
Read More
Will Vancouver’s distribution of wearable ashtrays prevent littering?  (July 29, 2018)
Opinion
Littering ordinance enforced on August 1  (July 29, 2018)
Coming Soon
Woman honored for her commitment fighting litter in Galloway  (July 29, 2018)
Good Job
Kiki Kiwi teaches kids about impact of littering  (July 28, 2018)
Full Story
Motorists urged to stop common practice of littering 'on the go'  (July 28, 2018)
Read More
San Francisco train conductor reportedly warns riders to watch 'for needles' amid 'needle litter' epidemic  (July 28, 2018)
Story Here
Travellers FURIOUS over litter on illegal camp site in Devon  (July 28, 2018)
Controversy
A closer look at what the travellers are fussing about​  (July 28)
Slide Show
Wine stores to buy back empty bottles to prevent litter  (July 28, 2018)
Makes 'Cents'
​The last straw: U of T ecology expert, students create inventory of plastic litter that collects in the Don River  (July 28, 2018)
Toronto
Highways England warns drivers of littering in boiling temperatures  (July 28, 2018)
Hazard
This is when Taunton's new plastic-free store Lesser Litter will open  (July 27, 2018)
Full Story
 Official lambasts councils as litter and bin bags pile up around the city  (July 27, 2018)
In Dublin
Keep them clean! Project revealed to clear away the litter on Lincolnshire beaches  (July 27, 2018)
Details Here
Decatur Council to try up to $50,000 in litter grates  (July 27, 2018)
Read More
King launches slam dunk litter initiative in Bronx, NY  (July 27, 2018)
Photo
€30,000 to be spent as Carlow County Council look to install CCTV at more litter black spots  (July 27, 2018)
Eyes On
Newport News has some tips on cutting down on litter  (July 26, 2018)
Good Tips
Drivers who throw litter from their cars could soon face much bigger fines  (July 26, 2018)
Read More
​£84,000 bill for city’s 209 litter offenders  (July 26, 2018)
In Brief
Sea Life to tackle beach litter  (July 26, 2018)
News Brief
No sticky situation at gum litter campaign launch  (July 26, 2018)
Story Here
New litter poster created by Leitrim kid  (July 26, 2018)
Nice News
Aburi Girls’ students litter campus with used sanitary pads  (July 26, 2018)
Read More
There is no excuse for Shreveport's shamefully littered streets  (July 26, 2018)
Opinion
UK Environment Minister Coffey to launch anti-litter campaign  (July 25, 2018)
Full Story
Gisborne’s recycling info at Litter Hub  (July 25, 2018)
New Zealand
Save earth, stop littering  (July 25, 2018)
Letter
HCC to enforce litter ordinance next week  (July 25, 2018)
Read More
Monroe will use $85K grant to help fund litter removal programs  (July 25, 2018)
Investment
Tokyo focuses on environment two years out from Olympics  (July 24, 2018)
Goal Set
On trashy streets: 'I am embarrassed to live in Shreveport'  (July 24, 2018)
Letter
Local gum litter education campaign is launched  (July 23, 2018)
Read More
Stirling Hill vandalism and litter is ‘appalling’  (July 23, 2018)
Dumping
Butt out at beaches  (July 23, 2018)
In AU
Kingdom GONE as controversial litter enforcers pull out of Conwy council deal  (July 23, 2018)
Full Story
Litter spoils beauty of Morocco's beaches  (July 22, 2018)
Story Here
Morocco's litter-strewn beaches kick up a stink  (July 22, 2018)
Upsetting
Litter volunteers honored by commission  (July 22, 2018)
Good News
The disgraceful video of waste being thrown from car window that resulted in hefty fine  (July 22, 2018)
Video Clip
Giles County inmate escapes custody during litter pickup  (July 22, 2018)
Crime News
Outrage as litter louts throw rubbish over local beauty spot  (July 22, 2018)
Read More
Litter law’s punishment fits the crime  (July 21, 2018)
Editorial
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup  (July 21, 2018)
On Now
Aiming to reclaim cleanest city status  (July 21, 2018)
Story Here
Plastic litter? Willow’ll whippet away on a walk  (July 21, 2018)
Good Dog
Supervisors plan to clean things up with anti-littering campaign  (July 21, 2018)
Read More
Municipality implements by-law to penalise persons littering  (July 21, 2018)
Next Step
People should be ashamed of litter  (July 21, 2018)
Letter
Austinites craft anti-litter campaign for Tennessee  (July 20, 2018)
New!
Council's face-recognition tech 'could probably track everybody in city' says mayor  (July 20, 2018)
Full Story
22-year-old is first person hit with £150 littering fine by Bath and North East Somerset Council  (July 20, 2018) 
A Smoker
Council introduces increased fines for those littering and fly-tipping  (July 20, 2018)
Read More
Buckhannon receives REAP funding  (July 20, 2018)
An Award
Do Belizeans have “throw away” litter culture?  (July 20, 2018)
More Here
Could Kingdom litter patrol be on their way out of Kirklees?  (July 20, 2018)
Get the Latest
Respect our green spaces or get fined £150 - council tells litter louts  (July 19, 2018)
Read More
National campaign challenging ‘careful littering’ launched  (July 19, 2018)
Brand New
Angler condemns litter dumped on Arbroath beach  (July 19, 2018)
Story Here
Stratford will provide collection container to help keep trails litter-free  (July 19, 2018)
Good Idea
Granny doesn’t put up with any damn littering  (July 19, 2018)
Video Clip
Downtown Monroe continues revitalization, including litter pickups  (July 19, 2018)
A Plan
Rats among litter and state of abandonment at Imqabba  (July 19, 2018)
Watch
South Lake Tahoe Police: Fans of the band Phish, please don't trash Tahoe  (July 19, 2018)
Note To Fans
Singapore rolling out thermal cameras to nab illegal smokers  (July 18, 2018)
High Tech
Gum litter campaign launched as a decade of action is recalled  (July 18, 2018)
It Works
Flintshire Councillors agree to bin controversial litter enforcement firm Kingdom by end of the year  (July 18, 2018)​
Read More
Ocean Village looks to Seabins to clear surface litter  (July 18, 2018)
Good Move
Summer campaign to reduce marine litter launched  (July 18, 2018)
Morocco
Anti-littering drive at Tatangar Railway Station  (July 18, 2018)
Clampdown
Temporary rubbish bins to be placed at Corry Strand  (July 18, 2018)
More Here
Litterbugs wasting millions of Alabama tax dollars  (July 17, 2018)
Read More
How a KFC customer got nabbed by the litter "police"  (July 17, 2018)
Full Story
San Francisco environmental advocates rally to back proposed ban on plastic straws   (July 17, 2018)
On The Move
Gov. Raimondo seeks to reduce plastic litter  (July 17, 2018)
From The Top
More than 330 bags of trash collected in roadside-litter initiative  (July 17, 2018)
Success!
REAP Program announces more than $85,000 in grants  (July 17, 2018)
Read More
Kildare County Council is appealing for people to report littering  (July 17, 2018)
Be The Eyes
Cigarette blamed for million-dollar blaze at Leamington produce plant  (July 16, 2018)
Big Cost
Litter fears continue, ahead of school holiday  (July 16, 2018)
Silly Season
Litter survey results: could do better  (July 16, 2018)
New Zealand
Schools scale up anti-litter campaigns​  (July 15, 2018)
Read More
Better Bin litter basket redesign competition launches in New York  (July 14, 2018)
Full Story
Councils adopting ‘holistic approach’ on litter  (July 14, 2018)
Get Details
Trash, abandoned campsites litter parts of Connecticut River in Hadley  (July 14, 2018)
More Here
Love Parks Week  (July 14, 2018)
In UK
Businesses sign up to the Stop The Drop litter pledge campaign  (July 13, 2018)
Teamwork
Litter law’s punishment fits the crime  (July 13, 2018)
Full Story
St. John’s councillor wants to crack down on littering  (July 13, 2018)
News Brief
City rounds up bandit signs littering public places  (July 13, 2018)
Story Here
Vanderburgh County tackles litter problem with new program  (July 13, 2018)            
Read More
Keep Midland Beautiful scores the city's litter problem  (July 12, 2018)
Texas
Three companies fined for littering  (July 12, 2018)
Penalty
Littering fines  (July 12, 2018)
Truro, NS
​Confetti crackdown: Council eyes Mardi Gras litter  (July 11, 2018)
Read More
'Gross:' Riding with trash on Metro-North trains  (July 11, 2018)
So True
Henderson County deputies arrest two on drug charges  (July 11, 2018)
Crime News
Multilingual signs coming to Grant Street for anti-litter campaign  (July 11, 2018)
Good Idea
Littering leads to arrest of East Texas duo  (July 11, 2018)
Story Here
Anti-Semitic vandalism found on welcome sign at Oregon University’s Hillel  (July 11, 2018)
Read More
Littering in Worcester, Mass. prompts officials to seek solutions  (July 10, 2018)
Full Story
Barrow wakes up to a blanket of litter on paths and public spaces  (July 10, 2018)
Not Pretty
Littering in northern areas  (July 10, 2018)
More Here
Lake Martin littering raises concerns from officials  (July 10, 2018)
A Problem
Brighton Beach left covered in litter  (July 9, 2018)
Read More
#PickUpPeoria Social Media Challenge  (July 9, 2018)
Novel
Smoking litter still a big problem in Wales  (July 9, 2018)
New Study
Amend the Litter Act in Trinidad  (July 9, 2018)
Letter
Clean Memphis celebrates 10 years of fighting litter, blight in community  (July 8, 2018)
Full Story
Selfish sunseekers spoil Scottish beauty spots with discarded litter  (July 8, 2018)
Photo-Story
Trash and litter piling up again along the spillway and reservoir  (July 7, 2018)
Read More
Central coast council fighting roadside litter  (July 7, 2018)
Australia
Friborg will crack down on littering  (July 7, 2018)
New Law
Parking, litter complaints persist at Banglamung Beach  (July 7, 2018)
Controversy
Re: No waste bins In Cape Coast Is a major cause of littering in Cape Coast  (July 7, 2018)
Letter
Calls for “tough” measures on Dundee litter louts  (July 6, 2018)
Full Story
Kingdom contract extended so council can continue to make cash out of controversial litter enforcement fines  (July 6, 2018)
Read More
The litter laws forgot  (July 6, 2018)
A Problem
We should all pitch in and clean up litter  (July 6, 2018)
Letter
The Himalayan state that declared war on plastic bags  (July 5, 2018)
Full Story
Conwy council extends Kingdom litter contract by a year  (July 5, 2018)
Story Here
Community effort praised in marine litter fight(July 5, 2018)
Good Job
See Donna Chuck Bruck’s Facebook page  (July 5, 2018)
View
Volunteers spend July 4th keeping Indian Rocks Beach litter free  (July 4, 2018)
Read More
Council’s war on reducing gum litter  (July 4, 2018)
It's Working
Litter crackdown  (July 4, 2018)
Read More
Isles marine litter 'worst in the world'  (July 4, 2018)
Full Story
Litter warning as record crowds flock to popular swimming spot  (July 4, 2018)
Heating Up
Clare beaches and rivers to be examined in litter survey  (July 4, 2018)
Ireland
We need creative action to curb littering  (July 4, 2018)
Opinion
Drinkers leave 'disgusting mess' at Cambridge's Quayside  (July 4, 2018)
Upsetting
Residents annoyed as litter dumped at popular Longford beauty spot Barley Harbour  (July 4, 2018)
A Mess
Despite crushing World Cup loss, Japan leaves thank you note and spotless locker room  (July 3, 2018)
Top Story
​Be honest: do you litter?  (July 3, 2018)
Poll
Parliamentary Secretary and Attorney General call for end to littering  (July 3, 2018)
Inspiring
Imposing small fee on plastic and paper bags will help New Jersey fight litter  (July 3, 2018)
Opinion
Walkers come under fire over litter and human waste along the West Highland Way  (July 3, 2018)
Read More
Where is Ms. Deane? Little old litter lady disappears  (July 3, 2018)
Local Hero
'It'll get worse' - Popular Wicklow beach covered in litter as the public hits the coast during heatwave  (July 2, 2018)
See This
Anti-litter body to include marine litter in annual survey  (July 2, 2018)
Read More
Three years of Auckland’s littering behaviour exposed  (July 2, 2018)
Full Story
Latest national survey reveals what Kiwis litter  (July 2, 2018)
Details
Schools urged to embark on anti-littering campaign  (July 2, 2018)
Borneo
Concerns raised over litter in Halifax area  (July 1, 2018)
Video