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2014
Welsh walker 'appalled' by litter strewn coastal footpath  (March 31, 2014) 
Sydney tourists have been blamed for causing major litter problems at The Entrance  (March 31, 2014)
Residents aim to use people power to spread the word that littering is rubbish behaviour.
Downtown Walk-around: Business owners pitch in on street cleanup  (March 31, 2014) 
Nundle, AU hopeful of golden result at Tidy Towns Awards  (March 31, 2014)
Nundle won the state title with initiatives including the conservative estimate of 23,000 volunteer hours over the past 12 months, litter-reduction initiatives, and the Go for Gold Chinese Easter Festival. 
Beach management riddled with rubbish and red tape  (March 31, 2014)
Monday Forum: We need to get tough on those who litter   (March 31, 2014) 
Litter lout who dumped black sacks of rubbish near nature reserve fined  (March 31, 2014) 
Volunteers clean up trash around Columbus  (March 30, 2014)
The sixth annual “KickButt Columbus” campaign dispatched 44 teams.  The goal: To top the record of 4.8 tons of trash and nearly 170,000 cigarette butts collected last year and hoist the coveted, and delightfully tacky, Golden Ashtray Award.
Ebonyi, Nigeria arrests 57 over environmental law  (March 30, 2014)
Accused to be arraigned before the Ebonyi Sanitation Court 
Litterbugs in Manila need harsher penalty  (March 30, 2014)
Last January, at least 336 tons of trash were collected during the feast of the Black Nazarene. 
Residents call for action over litter in South Woodford road  (March 30, 2014)
“The nib of the problem is that it is private property. The businesses there do tend to produce a lot of rubbish and they show little interest in reducing it.  “Businesses are not interested unless they really have to.” 
Tossing a cigarette butt out of the window in Louisiana could get you a hefty fine  (March 29, 2014)
Littering worries Ashaiman MCE  (March 29, 2014)
“When you throw a piece of toffee paper on the ground in Indonesia, a young child, 5, will pick it up and give it back to you, yet in Ghana educated people litter around.” - Official
Litter on south west Exeter beaches falls by nearly half  (March 29, 2014)
After a long winter, Hamilton, Ontario gets ready for spring cleanup  (March 28, 2014)
Laurens anti-littering campaign creates some controversy  (March 28, 2014)
Slogans were part of a contest the city held for residents
BARBADOS STREETBEAT: Litter no bug  (March 28, 2014) 
Pupils take on litter problem in park   (March 28, 2014) 
Washington lawmaker floats $150G litter fine on paper that criticized him  (March 28, 2014)
A right-wing take from Fox News
Higher penalties for littering Manila eyed    (March 28, 2014) 
Michigan city to give penalties if lawns are not litter-free beginning mid-April  (March 27, 2014)
10-Cent Grocery Bag Fee Proposed in NYC  (March 27, 2014)
City residents use 5.2 billion disposable plastic bags a year.  A vote on the measure is expected within the next few weeks. The 10-cent fee would not be a tax. Instead, the money would benefit the store owners who supplied the bags. 
'Tide of litter' on West UK beaches  (March 27, 2014)
Man impersonated police in litter stop  (March 27, 2014)    
A tide of litter on Cramond beach  (March 27, 2014)
The amount of litter on Scotland's beaches reduced by 3% on the previous year with an average of 1,963 pieces collected per kilometre, less than the overall UK average of 2,309. 
Jenny Duggan’s decade-long mission to keep Territory town litter-free  (March 27, 2014)
Litter and fly tipping costs charity £25,000  (March 27, 2014) 
Travellers blamed for litter shame – Ayreshire  (March 27, 2014) 
The Great Island Clean Up, Litter-Free by the Sea  (March 27, 2014) 
From the Mayor’s Desk in Summerville, SC  (March 26, 2014)
Smoking costs Southampton £75m a year and causes over 1,000 deaths  (March 26, 2014)
Includes spending £2m on picking up fag-ends and study shows that Australia's plain packaging law has pushed smoking rates up, not down.
SAN FRANCISCO: City Considers Adding Litter Tax To Fast Food Sales  (March 26, 2014)
New Braunfels to appeal overturning of 'can ban'  (March 26, 2014)
Children learn early about clean environment  (March 26, 2014)
Sierra Club updates on Boston Bottle Bill  (March 26, 2014) 
According to environmental group, the Updated Bottle Bill is the single most effective recycling and litter-reducing tool, but it has been pending in the Legislature for over twelve years. 
UAE- Throw litter from cars and pay through your nose   (March 25, 2014)
Drive to coordinate litter activities on roadsides, streams  (March 25, 2014)
Missouri’s Trash Bash activities in April also include educational efforts in schools, through community events, Earth Day celebrations, media promotions and more. 
Guyana posts Litter Prevention Regulations  (March 25, 2014) 
Tangipahoa government gets serious about litter   (March 25, 2014) 
County’s proposed $150,000 ‘litter fee’ targets newspaper in Vancouver, Washington  (March 25, 2014)
Heavy rains hit the South Coast  (March 25, 2014)
Motorists identified as worst litterbugs  (March 24, 2014)
Drivers dump 46 items of litter per square kilometre along highways, according to the National Packaging Covenant Industry Association (NPCIA), an industry group set up to reduce waste, with signatories including some of Australia's largest companies. 
Traditional chip shop paper faces council ban to reduce litter  (March 24, 2014) 
Australian supermarket chains say no to plastic bag ban  (March 24, 2014)
Cawdor Village litter concerns – Spring clean up planned  (March 24, 2014)
Problem now emerging in Cawdor is the phenomena of people bagging up their dog waste but not taking it home but hanging it on trees.  
Leaves efficient as food wrapping – Cameroon  (March 24, 2014) 
Chinese city to impose littering, spitting fines next month   (March 24, 2014) 
Parks Department removes trash cans  (March 23, 2014)
The department will remove the cans with the faith that people will pick up for themselves and take their garbage with them. "After people got to know the rules and what they expected of them, they did it," Martin said. "The reason why we're taking the cans away is so people are responsible for their own trash and take their own trash."
Oregon beach cleanup draws thousands of volunteers  (March 23, 2014)
City Hall has failed tourism, Guyana’s minister says  (March 23, 2014) 
South Boston Litter Campaign naming contest  (March 23, 2014)
Yesterday's deadline means judging to be underway soon
Fire razes 50 hectares of Manila’s mystical Banahaw  (March 22, 2014)
Hunters illegally looking for game could have lit dry litter on the forest floor by carelessly discarding cigarette butts. 
Toronto: What winter's retreat reveals about you  (March 22, 2014)
Melting snow has pulled the cover off a winter's worth of litter and dog droppings. 
Flytipping costs woodland charity thousands of pounds in Gloucestershire  (March 22, 2014)
“Trees are facing an unprecedented level of threat from disease, pests and development and we need people to help protect them, rather than add to this threat. We cannot assume trees and woods will be around forever if we keep treating them this way.”
Entire fitted kitchen and a dead horse among debris left in woods by fly-tippers  (March 22, 2014)
Charity reveals it has spent £500,000 clearing rubbish 
Primary school organises Canning Town litter pick  (March 22, 2014) 
Action to clean up the tunnel in Grantham  (March 22, 2014) 
Industry for packaging and the environment calls for comprehensive litter programme for UK  (March 21, 2014)
Angus bid to tackle really foul ‘litter’ problem  (March 21, 2014)
As Scotland's parliamentarians prepare to finalise the government’s new nationwide strategy to create a litter-free Scotland, local officials have put it to ministers that their new policy leaves out the single biggest litter-related issue to Angus residents — dog poo. 
Gweru, Zimbabwe gets 5 000 bin donation  (March 21, 2014)
€850,000 to local Irish authorities under the Anti-Litter and Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme
Crack down on Helston litter and bin bags as 'fly-tipping' prosecutions suggested  (March 21, 2014)
Litter crackdown in Liverpool as Mayor pledges 'zero tolerance'  (March 21, 2014) 
Heavy opposition delays Portland vote on plastic foam ban, bag fee  (March 20, 2014)
Businesses and trade groups tell a city council committee that there are better, less costly ways to reduce waste and litter. 
Top cop issues stern warning as battle of the political party plastics heats up  (March 20, 2014) 
Kansas cleanup project illustrates blight of discarded cigarettes on Statehouse grounds  (March 20, 2014)
Glass containers banned at Red Rock swimming areas  (March 20, 2014) 
Spring Cleaning for the City of Weyburn, SK  (March 20, 2014) 
Exeter tidy group take step forward to clear streets of gum and cigarette ends  (March 19, 2014)
Row with MP over claims of urine puddles, litter and drug use in Plymouth flats  (March 19, 2014)
Public housing boss takes exception to politician’s comments.
Election posters littering streets  (March 19, 2014) 
Litter-dropping slobs target Tesco car park  (March 19, 2014)
Doncaster council clamps down on litter louts  (March 19, 2014) 
Weather is to blame for rise in beach litter  (March 19, 2014)
Conservationists say tide lines are covered in a thick, multi-coloured layer of marine litter as far as the eye can see. 
Piles of litter inundating Cabramatta creeks nearby bushland  (March 18, 2014)
Private company to fine Tunbridge Wells litterers  (March 18, 2014)
‘A litter bit better’ in Rochester  (March 18, 2014)
Is Guyana's EPA serious about implementing new litter laws? (March 18, 2014)
Littering ticket in cow carcass case dismissed  (March 18, 2014)
Man accused of dumping remains in ditch
Primary school organizes Canning Town litter pick  (March 18, 2014)
President Jonathan campaign posters litter Abuja . . . Presidency disowns posters  (March 18, 2014)
Spit, smoke, litter illegally? Soon, a volunteer might catch you  (March 17, 2014)
Town Centre fining scheme to be launched  (March 17, 2014)
Blackburn resident clears mass of rubbish after losing patience with council  (March 17, 2014)
“War on Litter Week”  (March 17, 2014)
Barbados’ Nation News: "Civic duty to keep City green areas clean"   (March 17, 2014)
Ontario: Littering leads police to wanted man  (March 16, 2014)
Disabled boy, 7, 'faced fine of up to £2,500' for dropping litter from car in Hessle Road, Hull  (March 16, 2014)
City asks for respect during St. Patrick's Day Festival  (March 16, 2014)
The planet is not your trash can  (March 16, 2014)
Lindsay Schwehr is a junior at Eisenhower High and a member of Yakima Herald-Republic’s Unleashed journalism program for high school students
Litter plea  (March 16, 2014)
Do not litter please!  (March 15, 2014)
Writer Rehad Ahmed, "Thinking Green"
Old tyres, food waste and empty fuel bottles – what 'dangerous' litterers are leaving at the side of the road  (March 15, 2014)
Tallahassee cracking down on illegally placed placards  (March 15, 2014)
Bandit signs ‘like litter’ by roads
Private firm may police litter blitz  (March 14, 2014)
Under the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council plans, a private company would be drafted in putting more officers on the streets to hand out on-the-spot fines to offenders dropping litter or not clearing up after their dogs. 
Montreal: Redpath terrace to ban smoking  (March 14, 2014)
Post-grads endorse McGill Library’s plan to go smoke-free 
Iowa Kids Will 'Kick Butts' on March 19  (March 14, 2014)
State leaders urged to support tobacco prevention initiatives 
No choice on council price rises – Wolverhampton City Council leader  (March 14, 2014)
Richardson County Sheriff investigates extreme trash   (March 14, 2014)
Anti-litter activist thanks Jimmy Kimmel for exposing more footage of Toronto mayor littering  (March 13, 2014)
Litter Prevention Program is in the news again.
Louisiana bill would create strict penalties for littering with cigarettes  (March 13, 2014)
In New Orleans, stickers on parking kiosks tell smokers to "Walk Your Butt To The Can." 
South African songstress Zahara fronts concert against litter  (March 13, 2014) 
Covington Co. Litter Campaign  (March 13, 2014)
County Commission approves a resolution making March "litter free" month.
Volunteers preparing for spring cleaning along Kentucky's highways  (March 13, 2014) 
Blitz on grime collects 28 tonnes of litter from streets of Cleethorpes  (March 12, 2014)
The Great American Cleanup is underway!  (March 12, 2014) 
Council in Zimbabwe tightens screws on litter bugs  (March 12, 2014)
Forty residents were arrested and fined $20 each for littering during anti-littering patrols last month, but one councillor wants to see offenders being paraded in the streets to shame them.
It’s a whole load of rubbish  (March 12, 2014)
An environmentally conscious resident is dismayed with the problem of pollution in a nearby river. 
Neighbourhood involvement invited in Portland, Oregon  (March 12, 2014) 
Gambian Governor Sanneh on challenges faced by the anti-littering law  (March 12, 2014) 
Tangipahoa officials battling litter, vandalism  (March 12, 2014)
Litter cleanup tells the story of Mardi Gras  (March 12, 2014)
Troopers to target littering – NC  (March 12, 2014)
Sauceda, Fowler in 'Don't mess with Texas' spots  (March 11, 2014)
Grammy-winning Tejano star Sunny Sauceda and country singer Kevin Fowler have joined the "Don't mess with Texas" anti-litter campaign.
Dubai beach clean-up yields a nasty load of butts  (March 11, 2014)
Guyana’s EPA retains overriding enforcement powers on environmental issues  (March 11, 2014) 
War on litter in streets  (March 11, 2014) 
Fairfield, Australia woman says people need to know litter starts with you  (March 11, 2014)
Europe Storms Litter U.K. Beaches With Trash, Dead Animals  (March 11, 2014)
Conservation group reports hundreds of thousands of dead and dying seabirds being washed ashore onto the English, French and Spanish coasts. The birds have become entangled with a large amount of trash, including plastic and cigarette butts. The scene was echoed along Cornwall's popular Tregantle Beach, too, where dead birds can be seen scattered amongst the debris littering the shoreline.
Take litter home, urge Keighley tarn lovers  (March 11, 2014) 
Leeds litter hero’s rallying call  (March 10, 2014)
He thinks solution "comes from a change in culture and that has to be led by our elected councillors and Government. It’s not going to change overnight but, if we can repeat the message again and again that dropping litter is socially unacceptable, we may make a difference eventually." 
Litter Free N.C. kicks off today  (March 10, 2014) 
Why can't people take more care to avoid littering roads?  (March 10, 2014) 
Police warn beachcombers not to pick up cigarettes washed ashore after storms  (March 10, 2014) 
Tidy Up Together teams clear tonnes of litter from Sidney Sussex ward  (March 10, 2014) 
New anti-litter laws for Kaieteur clash with Municipal Act and Council powers  (March 10, 2014)
Shreveport taking steps forward on litter promises  (March 9, 2014) 
The long forgotten Garden City is bound to remain the garbage city  (March 9, 2014)
Georgetown, Guyana in the news again . . . and not in a good way
Praise for children who fought litter monsters  (March 9, 2014) 
EDITORIAL: Spring forward and pick up the pace on anti-littering  (March 9, 2014)
2014 Women's Month Celebration in Philippines lays down law on litter  (March 9, 2014)
See Rule #8.   
Councillors’ crackdown on dog mess  (March 9, 2014)  
Officials announce 'Litter Free NC'  (March 8, 2014) 
Horry County uses pilot litter program to fight trash problem  (March 8, 2014) 
Lingerie and coffee cups cleared from A41  (March 8, 2014) 
Litter solutions in Routt County, Colorado  (March 8, 2014)
Lukewarm response to campus smoking ban  (March 7, 2014) 
Litter louts beware, we’re out to get you!  (March 7, 2014)
Cameras fitted to telegraph poles and increased street litter patrols in Grantham help to encourage people to bin chewing gum, cigarette butts and other litter, or face a £75 fine if they fail to do so. 
See and vote for youth marine litter videos in Marlisco group’s European contest  (March 7, 2014) 
Catch the community spirit in Arlington, See litter ... pick it up  (March 7, 2014)
As outlined in its Strategic Action Plan, keeping Downtown Arlington litter free is one of the city’s top priorities. 
Litter bug ordered to do 50 hours of community service    (March 7, 2014) 
Residents urged to beat litter with clean-up grants  (March 7, 2014)
Trash box in personal utility vehicles a must in Cavite   (March 7, 2014)
Trece Martires City -- Drivers would have to place a trash box in public utility vehicles (PUVs) while on travel in any route of the province.
11,000 bins to combat litter  in Kota Tinggi  (March 7, 2014)
A total of 11,000 wheelie bins will be distributed to residents in conjunction with the state-level Anti-Litter programme, which was launched recently in Johor, Malaysia. 
Anti-littering campaigns vital for Zimbabwe  (March 6, 2014)
Fast food outlets have also been blamed for being responsible for up to a quarter of all litter found on the streets and there are calls that they should play a proactive role in anti-littering message at the point of sale.
Clean Up Australia Day: Mobile phone, hub caps among roadside litter  (March 6, 2014) 
Councils celebrate less litter  (March 6, 2014) 
Roanoke courts upholding littering citations  (March 6, 2014) 
African children’s voices are heard  (March 6, 2014) 
Disposable coffee cups are littering our neighbourhoods  (March 6, 2014) 
Toronto idea – why not hand out tickets for littering?  (March 6, 2014) 
High level of smoking around others at bus stops – NZ study  (March 5, 2014) 
Georgetown, Guyana: Deputy Mayor criticizes disparity in litter fines; EPA has no objection to harmonization  (March 5, 2014) 
Letter writer's complaint -- 'Litter is now the expected norm'  (March 5, 2014)
Wiltshire Council shake-up down to budget cuts  (March 5, 2014)
Smoker is fined for street litter  (March 5, 2014) 
Litterbug jailed for escaping from police custody in Georgetown, Guyana  (March 4, 2014)
Council role in south west Queensland roadside litter project  (March 4, 2014)
The Queensland government, a group of councils and other organisations have formed a partnership to reduce roadside litter and revitalise frontline services.  Under the agreement, roadside litter will be reduced through the South West Region Roadside Litter Hot SpotProject. 
Students join councillor to clear up Winton streets after calls for more funding to tackle litter problem  (March 4, 2014)
Boulder may restore jail time for city offenses  (March 4, 2014) 
Group looking to get tough on litter  (March 4, 2014) 
Ghana: Market women boycott clean up exercise  (March 3, 2014) 
Fisherman catches monster cod and finds plastic bottle inside its belly  (March 3, 2014)
Conservation officer at the Sussex Wildlife Trust, said marine litter was a “huge problem” and 75% of all litter recorded in the sea was plastic.
First Fishing For Litter scheme launched in Northern Ireland  (March 3, 2014) 
Gull-proof sacks will 'cut litter', Carlisle City Council says  (March 3, 2014) 
Mount Everest litter targeted by Nepal authorities  (March 3, 2014)  
. . . but fees to climb the famed mountain are being reduced!
Delhi ‘drowns in its own waste’
High Court panel calls for an ‘aggressive’ solution to solve Capital’s ‘alarming’ litter problem  (March 2, 2014) 
ECHO launches Vreed en Hoop “Most Improved School Competition”  (March 2, 2014) 
BY THE WAY: Why you should litter  (March 2, 2014)
Pure sarcasm and a new tack   
Mountain of rubbish dumped in Bolton beauty spot  (March 2, 2014)
“You see the vans going round, saying ‘Love Bolton, Hate Litter’ and yet there are sites like this.  It’s such a shame as it is a really lovely town but this is a health risk.”
Thinking Green: Goodbye to Sakhir camping  (March 2, 2014)
Private firm will issue £40 fines for littering  (March 1, 2014) 
NRE hosts stakeholders’ conference to target litter prevention regulations  in Guyana  (March 1, 2014) 
Litter-strewn Evington Road in Leicester gets new bins  (March 1, 2014) 
Miss Teen Earth Phl, Little Miss Earth Phl launched  (March 1, 2014)