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<< Read Sheila's submission on new approaches to littering.

Sheila White on litter prevention the focus of a short film documentary in 2017


Global TV online seeks our expert's take on plastic in the oceans

Oceans may have more plastic than fish by 2050: report   (January 21, 2016)
See Story Here

Hamilton fines Good Samaritan $125 for cleaning up messy parking lot
Sheila White offers her "two-cents worth" on Radio NewsTalk1010

From the mayor on down, Toronto's talking about litter as snow melts

(March 17, 2015) CFRB Newstalk1010's Jim Richards wanted our take on Mayor John Tory's comment that Toronto seems dirtier this year.We backed the mayor 100 per cent. 
At left, hear the entire Showgram interview plus callers' opinions. 

National attention from Yahoo! Canada for litter prevention and Sheila White

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(December 13, 2014)  When a prominent online news agency like Yahoo! Canada gives us such generous coverage, we know that we are on the right track. Feature writer Andy Radia takes an in-depth look.

A litter tax on smokers? Sheila White says 'no way'.

(April 7, 2014) Much to the surprise of host Jim Richards on top-rated NewsTalk1010, Sheila White shoots down the idea of increasing the price of a pack of smokes to help the City of Toronto clean up after littering smokers. Hear the interview, at right.

Pfizer Canada's television ad on the hot seat for image of cigarette butt littering

Sheila White keeps her elbows up in her discussion with feisty NewsTalk 1010 "Showgram" radio host Jim Richards about a national ad campaign that depicts a woman butting her cigarette on the steps of a school. Depictions of littering should be classified as offensive in advertising codes. 
Find out more about this issue:
Press Release

A big boost for litter prevention from CFRB Toronto NewsTalk 1010 on The Motts
Sheila White is a guest of Paul and Carol Mott, who agree wholeheartedly with her that littering is wrong. Hear what they have to say:

A deposit-return system for cigarette butts?  Talk radio seeks our opinion.
Publisher Sheila White dishes out the latest on the tobacco litter, the tobacco industry, cigarette butt recycling and more

Hear Sheila respond to questions from AM 570's Neil Adams in this interview from June 25, 2013, edited to about seven minutes.
At right and below, clips from Sheila's 10 minutes on Kitchener radio

'Litter' voices can propel big change: Our message hits canada.com

(May 18, 2013)  The Windsor Star, to be commended for running prominent articles about litter lately, gives our prevention message a wider reach. Our letter to the paper was picked up online nationally.
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Pushing Ontario leaders to take action on the neglected litter file

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ECO Office, Bay Street, Toronto
(April 11, 2013)  Will the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario open his office doors to a full examination of littering in Ontario?  Or will the matter get buried in the sand? 

The answers will be known when Commissioner Gordon Miller issues his annual report, in which he must comment on our concerted drive to have Ontario look at the state of littering, take some responsibility and action.



Your publisher speaks out
in a letter to the Toronto Star

Read Here

Our campaign on litter before No Tobacco Day saw TV and radio coverage

Group pushing the province to take action on cigarette litter
CityTV, CBC and others give our press conference their attention 
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CityTV Video



1 SMOKER = 1825 LITTERED CIGARETTE BUTTS A YEAR

TORONTO (January 18, 2013) - Sheila White and Alex King, co-founders of the Litter Prevention Program, and Jay Reyes, of TerraCycle, a pioneering upcycling and recycling company in Ontario, came to Queen’s Park to display 54,750 of cigarette butts, the amount a one-pack-a-day smoker could litter over 30 years.  
Press Release

We're getting good press.  Read what influential newspapers are saying.

Christina Blizzard, Queen's Park Columnist, Toronto Sun
Read Blizzard
CFRB NewsTalk 1010 in Toronto picks up our story
"Pair Wants Queen's Park To Get Tough on Litter" by Katie Franzios

Ellen Moorhouse, "Trash Talk" Columnist, Toronto Star
Read Moorhouse
CFRB Story/Clip
'Litter problem is getting worse,' group says
Antonella Artuso, Queen's Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Sun, files an excellent story about our efforts.
Story & Pic
Scarborough resident talks trash on litter   (December 18, 2012)
From the Toronto Observer, official newspaper of the highly rated Centennial College journalism program, read a great story by Shaun Thompson.
Youth Endorsed

Radio has us on its radar too ... hear Sheila White tell it like it is on litter.
Listen to clips from Sheila's radio interview with Gary Doyle, AM570 Kitchener

        Types of Litterers
Informative
          Aussie Rules
Listen To This
            Poo WiFi
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  Conference planners take note
Good Idea

Sheila talks with Jordi Morgan on Maritime Today, broadcast in Halifax, Moncton and Saint John

Taking On Ontario
Listen In
Why Our Program
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    On Industry's Role
"Big Tobacco"
Smokers' Confidential
Solving Butt Litter
Below, Jennifer Lewington, wrote this article for The Globe & Mail in 2005 and gives "the dirt on litter" featuring us.
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