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News Reel . . . July 2019

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​2019
Governor Carney signs legislation to ban plastic bags, reduce litter in Delaware  (July 31, 3019)
Read More
Smokers ordered to cough up hundreds for littering  (July 31, 3019)
Named
Not in my backyard: $1.6 million in grants to help tackle local litter problems  (July 31, 3019)
See Details
Appeal over littering at National Trust sites  (July 31, 3019
Read More
New answers needed to control Dearne Valley’s littering problem  (July 31, 3019)
A Concern
We asked Kent councils these 6 questions to find out what they're doing to Keep Our Beaches Clean  (July 31, 3019)
Compare
Wildlife rescues in Williamsburg often driven by human pollution, litter  (July 30, 2019)
Story Here
Expansion of inmates' work credit program eyed to address littering, island beautification  (July 30, 2019)
Read More
Four awful new state laws that punish citizens  (July 30, 2019)
Column
City Legal Office to investigate men caught in viral photo throwing garbage  (July 30, 2019)
Underway
Beach and town left covered in litter after heat wave  (July 29, 2019)
Full Story
Hadleigh schoolgirl's poster wins top prize in litter awareness competition  (July 29, 2019)
A Winner
Plastic Pollution: Call to Action  (July 29, 3019)
From A Church
Residents tap into technology to put an end to littering  (July 28, 2019)
Story Here
Idiots are leaving their litter all over Plymouth beauty spot  (July 28, 2019)
Read More
New plastic bag tax to take effect in Connecticut  (July 28, 2019)
Get Facts
"Keep Your Butts in Your Pants"  (July 28, 2019)
New Slogan
Plastic in the oceans: Five steps to reduce marine litter  (July 28, 2019)
Good Tips
Aberdeen youngsters turn tide on marine litter during beach clean  (July 28, 2019)
Inspiring
Bogor residents stand trial for littering  (July 27, 2019)
In Court
'Heartbreaking' photo of Blackpool beach strewn with plastic after UK's hottest ever day  (July 27, 2019)
See Problem
Locals of Meghalaya mock family from Assam for littering in street  (July 27, 2019)
Speaking Out
Anti-litter campaign hits the streets of Kingsway  (July 27, 2019)
Get Details
Falmouth Litter Reduction Team offers recommendations for reducing trash  (July 27, 2019)
Read More
Fowlerville man gets probation, community service for illegal dumping in Handy Township  (July 27, 2019)
Story Here
The last gasp: Australian council bans smoking in public places  (July 26, 2019)
Reaction
Man cited for discarding cigarette ash near Museum Fire  (July 26, 2019)
Read More
Survey on litter, illegal rubbish dumping to help find top-five priorities  (July 26, 2019)
First Step
Teenagers clear litter from river for statue  (July 26, 2019)
Role Models
Cops arrest littering at seawall  (July 26, 2019)
Story Here
Bus passengers warned against littering  (July 26, 2019)
Crackdown
Stop the cigarette butt littering!!!!!  (July 25, 2019)
A Plea
Tossed pop can leads to near collision in Charlotteville  (July 25, 2019)
Read More
Clean Likoma initiative launches zero tolerance to plastic litter  (July 25, 2019)
New Plan
Youths ask for respect  (July 25, 2019)
Get Message
Banana leaves replace plastic packaging in Asia  (July 24, 2019)
Neat Idea
Keep Bedford tidy as town tackles ‘careful littering’  (July 24, 2019)
Full Story
Uncertainty over future of Bath’s controversial 3GS ‘litter police’ contract  (July 24, 2019)
An Update
​Beach Patrol looking for bright ideas to keep litter from ocean  (July 24, 2019)
Read More
Sydney’s second largest business district announces total smoking ban  (July 24, 2019)
Bold Plan
Duo caught on camera dumping litter in Dorchester County  (July 24, 2019)
Busted
Tourism hot spots struggle to deal with overcrowding, littering  (July 24, 2019)
A Problem
Electric scooter fanatic upgraded to platinum status from litterbug to litter beast  (July 23, 2019)
Read More
Plymouth litter police to go undercover in new war on dog poo  (July 23, 2019)
New Tack
Police move to prevent littering in East Garo Hills  (July 23, 2019)
Find Out More
Those who litter the streets must be made to clean up  (July 23, 2019)
Rwanda
Epworth gets tough on open worship, littering  (July 23, 2019)
News Here
New measures to tackle uncivil behaviour  (July 23, 2019)
Get Details
Cigarette butts are the forgotten plastic pollution – and they could be killing our plants  (July 23, 2019)
Important
Alaska team developing biodegradable insulation  (July 23, 2019)
Innovation
Government rest houses, hospital fined for littering in Nathia Gali  (July 22, 2019)
Story Here
Ask The Advocate: How to report litter, lawn clippings in Baton Rouge storm drains  (July 22, 2019)
Advice
Cigarettes are damaging our plants  (July 22, 2019)
New Study
Panama becomes first Central American nation to ban plastic bags  (July 21, 2019)
Read More
Awareness against public littering  (July 20, 2019)
Video
Toronto calls for plastic-free July​  (July 20, 2019)
Details
Cigarette butts in soil hamper plant growth, study suggests  (July 19, 2019)
Must Read
Cambodia will send back 83 containers of plastic waste to Canada and U.S., environment ministry says  (July 19, 2019)
Controversy
Governor Carney announces expansion of DelDOT’s Work-a-Day Earn-a-Pay program  (July 19, 2019)
Full Story
Muggings, littering and people using beaches as toilets marring seasides across Cork  (July 19, 2019)
Read More
Forest Service law enforcement seeks information on campground vandalism  (July 19, 2019)
Wanted:
This man has picked up thousands of discarded needles  (July 19, 2019)
Read This
Trespassing teens, black mold and garbage prompt lawsuit against developer of stalled mega-project  (July 19, 2019)
In Court
Resident takes bag full of rubbish to council meeting to highlight litter problems  (July 18, 2019)
Activism
Enjoy forests, but 'Don't Be a Jerk' is Will County message  (July 18, 2019)
New Effort
Aberdeen councillor hits out at 'disgusting' cigarette ends littering community  (July 18, 2019)
Speaking Out
Litter from vehicle and face RM300 fine, police reminds  (July 18, 2019)
Reminder
Litter in Karachi’s District South and pay the price  (July 18, 2019)
Read More
County officials to increase security at Butte lookout  (July 18, 2019)
Costly
Former councillor announces Leeming direct action  (July 17, 2019)
Story Here
Chaa Creek's latest environmental and community projects highlight the value of sustainable tourism  (July 17, 2019)
Details Here
Bath "litter police" may not have contract renewed as councillor says deal makes him uneasy  (July 17, 2019)
Full Story
Medan pledges to be flood-free by 2022  (July 17, 2019)
Learn More
'When will it be cleared?' - Outrage after fox is rescued from Water of Leith debris  (July 17, 2019)
A Concern
Pit-stopping drivers urged to use bins as human and food waste gathers at A90 lay-bys  (July 17, 2019)
Read More
Dozens of fines for people dropping cigarette ends in Solihull town centre  (July 17, 2019)
Taking Action
Garbage marshals to check littering in CBD  (July 17, 2019)
Enforcers
Stolen bikes, propane tanks, garbage litter ecologically sensitive area in Maple Ridge  (July 16, 2019)
Full Story
Government to provide more litter bins to tackle sanitation - Sanitation Minister  (July 16, 2019)
Ghana
Queen Anne’s County considers bill to outlaw balloon releases  (July 16, 2019)
Read More
Pollution on our plate: How waste is ending up in fish caught off the Cape coast  (July 16, 2019)
Troubling
More action to tackle cigarette littering  (July 16, 2019)
Get Details
Micro-bins will help town combat chewing gum and cigarette butt issue  (July 15, 2019)
Good & Easy
Corona becomes first major beer company to adopt edible 6-pack rings that feed, rather than kill, marine life  (July 15, 2019)
Story Here
State spends $4M to clean up 396,000 bags of roadside litter  (July 15, 2019)
Costly
Policeman forces woman to collect street garbage for littering  (July 14, 2019)
Read More
Estonian state forest manager says forest litter problem not easing  (July 14, 2019)
Full Story
Littering could literally be halved if cigarette butts weren't thrown on the ground  (July 13, 2019)
Irish Study
Tennesseans snap photos of trash for litter awareness campaign  (July 13, 2019)
Neat Idea
Plastic in the ocean  (July 13, 2019)
Video
​Anti-litter campaign to be launched at end of July  (July 12, 2019)
Guyana
Give your litter a lift home  (July 12, 2019)
New Campaign
Kendall Jenner criticized for littering the ocean  (July 11, 2019)
Read More
Nara Park visitors urged to stop littering after nine deer die from swallowing plastic bags  (July 11, 2019)
New Tack
Rapinoe, radical left inspire mass littering   (July 11, 2019)
Story Here
Residents unhappy about trash littering Route 104 underpass  (July 11, 2019)
Controversy
Private "litter army" handed out £100,000 in fines within first three months patrolling in Bath  (July 11, 2019)
Full Story
Now Guwahatians to pay fine for spitting, littering  (July 11, 2019)
News Brief
Australian tourist in Malaysia goes viral for throwing cigarette butts in plastic bottle instead of littering  (July 10, 2019)
Read More
Vancouver firefighters respond to bushfire reports in Stanley Park  (July 10, 2019)
Take Heed
Funding to tackle littering and graffiti  (July 10, 2019)
In UK
Heartbreaking pic of dead hedgehog highlights the litter crisis sweeping Britain  (July 10, 2019)
Disturbing
Three fined for littering in North Devon  (July 10, 2019)
News Brief
Over 300 bags of trash collected in Dickenson County in June  (July 10, 2019)
More Here
Photos of baby skimmers eating trash shows litter problem on Tampa Bay beaches  (July 10, 2019)
Read This
Lews Castle litter woes as bins to be removed from grounds  (July 10, 2019)
Controversial
Minister Coffey attends Bin it! Roadshow to inspire young people to tackle litter  (July 9, 2019)
Details Here
Grandfather fined for leaving books outside a Salvation Army says council is 'inhumane'  (July 9, 2019)
Read Story
27 tonnes of marine litter removed during Coca-Cola Clean Coasts Week  (July 9, 2019)
More Here
Environment is emerging as a top concern ahead of the federal election, a new poll say  (July 8, 2019)
Canada
Neighbors clean up fireworks debris littering parks  (July 7, 2019)
Full Story
Lake Charles doubles littering fines  (July 7, 2019)
News Here
Volunteers clean up trash littering Volusia beaches after Fourth of July  (July 7, 2019)
Good Job
Team Fiji to address littering during Pacific Games  (July 6, 2019)
Read More
Litter louts leave 10 tonnes of rubbish on A30 in Cornwall  (July 6, 2019)
Full Story
#ChooseToRefuse – July’s buzzword for a plastic-free Aotearoa  (July 6, 2019)
Check It Out
India saddles consumer-goods makers with fixing plastic trash problem  (July 6, 2019)
New Rules
Clean Beaches Week: Experts share tips on protecting beaches, marine life  (July 5, 2019)
Read More
Litterers are a lazy lot and they are part of the problem  (July 5, 2019)
Opinion
Glastonbury Festival litter-picker hits out at critics of 'rubbish warzone' at Worthy Farm  (July 5, 2019)
An Update
Disturbing photo shows mother bird feeding her chick a cigarette butt  (July 4, 2019)
Full Story
Spot fines for littering  (July 4, 2019)
Read More
Where’s the communal pride?  (July 4, 2019)
Commentary
These viral photos of polluted water villages in Sabah will make you think twice about littering  (July 4, 2019)
View Here
Canada’s plastic industry aligns with the key focus areas of global action plan on zero waste plastic  (July 4, 2019)
Statement
Party rubbish littering Scotland's hills and mountains  (July 3, 2019)
Full Story
How to turn a litter problem into community-wide empowerment  (July 3, 2019)
Read More
Parliamentarian Mark Field calls homelessness charity 'a magnet for undesirables'  (July 3, 2019)
Controversy
Tripura to impose fine on littering and open urination  (July 3, 2019)
In India
Gupta family's wedding planners fined for 'open defecation' and littering at luxury ski resort  (July 2, 2019)
An Update
The biggest beach visitation day in America is also the most littered  (July 2, 2019)
More Here
Living Green – Tips on lowering environmental impacts this Fourth of July  (July 2, 2019)
Learn More
Glastonbury Festival 2019: Photos show aftermath as revellers slammed for mess  (July 2, 2019)
View Here
Those found littering on roads, urinating in public will be punished  (July 2, 2019)
In India
Weddings: Rs 2.5 lakh penalty on Gupta brothers for littering, open defecation  (July 1, 2019)
Full Story
Beer cans in the woods and littering  (July 1, 2019)
Video
Positive Prince Rupert sets out for a summer clean  (July 1, 2019)
Good Move
“Smoking” bird photo sparks outrage about littering  (July 1, 2019)
See More