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News Reel . . .  October 2019

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​2019
‘No smoking, littering in public cemeteries’  (October 31, 2019)
Take Heed
Horrifying photos of mountains of bottles, wrappers and straws littering the River Thames  (October 31, 2019)
Full Story
New fines proposed to save Swiss cows  (October 31, 2019)
Get The Facts
Group of teenagers scattered garbage along the road, Barangay officials punished them  (October 31, 2019)
Story Here
"Is Sheffield really serious about the problem of littering"?  (October 31, 2019)
Read More
Cat found with head stuck in crisp packet  (October 31, 2019)
Tragic
If San Jose is environmentally aware, why the trash problem?  (October 31, 2019)
Letter
162 sanitation officers deputized  (October 31, 2019)
Progress
Man given citation for littering evidence tag outside of police department  (October 31, 2019)
Crime News
Cemeteries are hallowed grounds, not dumping ground for waste  (October 30, 2019)
Full Story
Ghana recycling initiative sensitises on plastic waste  (October 30, 2019)
Get Details
Moncton council takes steps toward bylaw restricting flyer delivery  (October 30, 2019)
Story Here
Roma community unites to help to clean up Benwell and challenge negative perceptions  (October 29, 2019)
Read More
Dozens of student volunteers clean up Hempstead Lake State Park  (October 29, 2019)
Good News
Less littering will lead to less flooding: Deputy Prime Minister  (October 28, 2019)
YouTube
Littering PSA on YouTube is a youth production  (October 27, 2019)
Watch This
Trash outdoors might be a slob’s litter but it impacts all of us  (October 27, 2019)
Commentary
New device catches trash in rivers before it reaches oceans: Dutch inventor  (October 27, 2019)
Full Story
Plastic waste kills cows, stops rainwater from percolating: Amit Shah  (October 27, 2019)
Story Here
Mound of single-use plastics at Durham headquarters illustrates usage of recyclable products  (October 26, 2019)
See This
Video of Halifax Water worker littering causes social media uproar  (October 26, 2019)
Watch
'We're going to take immediate action,' says Halifax Water after video circulates on social media  (October 26, 2019)
Read More
Goose Hill residents, Yates students send anti-littering message on new trash cans  (October 26, 2019)
Good Idea
Litter wardens will soon be patrolling the streets of Hull  (October 26, 2019)
Done Deal
Scientists call for ban on 'useless' cigarette filters to stop trillions of tiny plastic butts littering the globe  (October 25, 2019)
Full Story
Keep Britain Tidy’s Journal of Litter and Environmental Quality   (October 25, 2019)
Get It Here
50 Years Ago: ‘Do not litter’ bumper sticker checked for secret code  (October 25, 2019)
Essay
Ontario working to establish an official day of action on litter  (October 24, 2019)
Read More
Food litter bad for native wildlife, say environmentalists  (October 24, 2019)
Learn More
Big firm products top worst plastic litter list: report  (October 24, 2019)
Get The Facts
Valley locals are turning to gods to combat littering and urination  (October 24, 2019)
Innovative
438 hats pulled from Yellowstone hot springs — and 16,404 bits of litter, rangers say  (October 24, 2019)
See This
Coca-Cola is world’s major plastics polluter  (October 23, 2019)
Full Story
Litterbugs face stiffer penalties  (October 23, 2019)
Alabama
Litter Act: Greens vote against "aggravated littering" charge that will only punish vulnerable  (October 23, 2019)
Read More
Environmentalist calls for sensitisation on dangers of indiscriminate littering  (October 23, 2019)
In Nigeria
City Council member introduces bill to ban plastic bags in Philadelphia  (October 23, 2019)
Full Story
Rangers solve mystery of elastic bands littering bird colony’s island home  (October 23, 2019)
A Problem
Veteran helps the environment with military precision  (October 22, 2019)
Vietnam
Anti-Littering Campaign  (October 23, 2019)
Video
Man collects over half a million cigarette butts & posts them back to tobacco companies  (October 22, 2019)
Great Idea
Anti-littering campaign 'Don’t Trash Connecticut — Nip it in the Bin!' kicks off  (October 22, 2019)
Read More
Six booked for littering neighbourhood  (October 22, 2019)
Arrests
‘Capped, unused hypodermic syringes are being intentionally littered’ in Fortuna, city says  (October 22, 2019)
Warning
Tracking Moreland’s litter to tackle waterway pollution  (October 22, 2019)
Teamwork
Metro councilman addresses litter concerns in the Highlands  (October 22, 2019)
Story Here
'Usual suspects': Nestle, Tim Hortons top Greenpeace litter list again  (October 21,2019)
Canada
How zero-waste racing helps reduce our environmental footprint  (October 21,2019)
Learn More
Litter louts slammed for blighting rural roads near £47m Aberdeen school  (October 21,2019)
Story Here
'This is a plan for a dirty city...' – City council to remove 1,000 litter bins  (October 21,2019)
Controversy
California to ban smoking in public parks and beaches starting 2020​  (October 20, 2019)
Coming Soon
Following the path of Lithuania: getting rid of litter in nature  (October 20, 2019)
Latvia
Thai MPs told not to discard garbage in the parliament chamber  (October 19, 2019)
Read More
Action to remove 90 tonnes of litter from  5 of the UK’s biggest rivers  (October 18, 2019)
Major News
Tourists warned in Shiretoko that leaving garbage could draw bears  (October 18, 2019)
A Problem
West Kelowna business facing charges after six bears killed over littering  (October 18, 2019)
Tragedy
Bath litter patrols branded 'money grabbing'  (October 17, 2019)
Full Story
Deposit return scheme must be 'all in', campaigners say  (October 17, 2019)
Read More
Hubbub launch anti-litter river campaign  (October 16, 2019)
Big Plans
Cleanbodia produces cassava eco-bags to reduce plastic use in Cambodia  (October 16, 2019)
Neat Idea
Bangkok urges no littering of the Chao Phraya River, promoting cultural heritage  (October 17, 2019)
Read More
 Spitting at public place, NMC chief suspends 12 employees  (October 17, 2019)
Story Here
Litter campaign to celebrate community heroes  (October 17, 2019)
Learn More
How Vancouver’s anti-cigarette butt crusade reached Poland  (October 17, 2019)
Full Story
Study co-authored by Halifax biologist suggests cargo ships dumping plastic litter  (October 16, 2019)
Interesting
Ocean cleaning device succeeds in removing plastic for the first time  (October 15, 2019)
Good News
Hands raised for roadside clean up  (October 15, 2019)
Learn More
Sihanoukville has a smelly problem  (October 15, 2019)
A Concern
Divers fight Senegal’s plastic tide  (October 14, 2019)
Teamwork
Stray cattle litter Chowgan in Nurpur  (October 14, 2019)
Read More
PM Modi shares a video of him plogging on a beach, asks people to keep public places clean  (October 13, 2019)
From The Top
It’s supposed to be Tacoma’s gateway. Now neighbors complain of homeless, drugs, litter  (October 13, 2019)
Story Here
Shops to be sealed on account of littering streets in Karachi  (October 13, 2019)
Crackdown
MPs back deposit system for drinks cans, if current rules expand to small plastic bottles  (October 13, 2019)
Netherlands
Litter-ly lazy in Cairns  (October 13, 2019)
Read More
Shock over 'eye-watering' amount of fines handed out by litter police in Bath  (October 13, 2019)
Enforcement
​Extra £1m to be invested to help clean up Bristol neighbourhoods  (October 13, 2019)
Expensive
Preventing Littering: Necessary change on all levels  (October 12, 2019)
Full Story
Goa’s anti-litter campaign to roll out soon  (October 12, 2019)
Read More
Unsecured hauling creating problem along Highway 1  (October 12, 2019)
Safety Risk
‘This is not the first time:’ Alabama resident hopes new law cuts down on litter  (October 12, 2019)
Story Here
E-cigarettes, tobacco and cannabis products are littering high schools  (October 11, 2019)
Full Story
Yemen fuel shortage: health concerns rise as rubbish piles up  (October 10, 2019)
Video
Schools’ Litter Initiative gets underway  (October 10, 2019)
Read More
15 'borla' operators convicted for street littering  (October 10, 2019)
Story Here
Huge change in Lithuanian forests: environmentalists waited for it for ages  (October 10, 2019)
Great News
700 pounds of litter off the streets  (October 9, 2019)
Good Work
Bath streets 'no cleaner' and litter police 'bandits' must go  (October 9, 2019)
Opinion
Sparklers banned from Moray fireworks display over ‘metal spike’ littering fears  (October 9, 2019)
Read More
Man cited in littering incident  (October 9, 2019)
Crime Report
Food trucks to solve the littering problem at Upper Sûre Lake  ​(October 8, 2019)
Find Out How
Divers fight Senegal’s plastic tide  (October 8, 2019)
Full Story
‘Diaper Dumper’ arrested, charged with 31 counts of littering in Jefferson County  (October 8, 2019)
Read More
Government to publish independent assessment of road litter  (October 8, 2019)
UK Move
Commissioners hear littering, speeding complaints  (October 8, 2019)
More Here
Potsdam police make littering, public urination arrests  (October 8, 2019)
Crime News
Strict action required to curb plastic littering in Kuwait  (October 7, 2019)
Story Here
Agency is happy with litter-free police bazaar  (October 7, 2019)
Read More
​Tackling litter with new law, coastal cleanup, litter-gitter  (October 6, 2019)
Alabama
Divers fight Senegal's plastic tide  (October 5, 2019)
Full Story
The hills are alive…with hazardous litter  (October 4, 2019)
Read More
Senators grill waste management director about why garbage hangs around  (October 4, 2019)
Story Here
Mayor Barlow proposes multi-pronged ‘Keep Oswego Clean Initiative’  (October 4, 2019)
Get Details
National Geographic plastic exhibit drops into the Center for the Arts  (October 4, 2019)
Interesting
Inmates design new trash bins  (October 4, 2019)
Good Work
Fearing economic disruption, government shelves plan of countrywide ban on single-use plastic  (October 3, 2019)
Find Out Why
Litter reporting app launched in Tasmania  (October 3, 2019)
Good News
Kerala man walks over 100 kms covered in plastic waste to create awareness on littering  (October 3, 2019)
Amazing
Trash bin at the top of the world: can we prevent Arctic plastic pollution?  (October 3, 2019)
Science News
CABB begins Big Bear anti-litter campaign  (October 3, 2019)
News Brief
Mother shames son, 14, by forcing him to spend a day picking up litter​  (October 2, 2019)
Full Story
24/7 Burger King bid sparks concerns over traffic, litter and obesity  (October 2, 2019)
Story Here
Park bans piñatas over risk to wildlife  (October 2, 2019)
Read More
Senate body takes notice of littering in capital  (October 2, 2019)
Political
Millions of tonnes of garbage removed, says Sindh  (October 2, 2019)
Learn More
Successful prosecutions for two illegal dumper  (October 2, 2019)
Busted!
NZ Study: Cigarette butts constitute about 80% of all litter   (October 1, 2019)
A Shocker
For World Cleanup Day, Philip Morris tobacco company employees worked to improve their environment  (October 1, 2019)
Full Story
LA to begin plastic ‘Straws on Request’ initiative   (October 1, 2019)
New!
Helen Mirren issues plea to stop people from littering after clearing rubbish from a road in Italy  (October 1, 2019)
Role Model
Karachi contractor arrested for littering in Clifton  (October 1, 2019)
News Item
​South Delhi  imposes Rs 50,000 fine on 'bhandara' organizers for littering, thermo-plastic use  (October 1, 2019)
Read More
Woman found guilty of littering in Aldershot   (October 1, 2019)
In Court