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News Reel . . .  November 2017

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Sunday Newsletter: This Week In "Litterland"
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​2017
Smoking proves expensive habit for Chester litterbug  (November 30, 2017)
Find Out Why
Thank you all: Afroz Shah to start cleaning Versova Beach again  (November 30, 2017)
Full Story
Tauranga's bad rubbish habits costing council  (November 30, 2017)
Details Here
Whitchurch man blasts fly tippers who left rubbish on county lane  (November 30, 2017)
Read More
United Kingdom evaluates taxes on single use plastics  (November 30, 2017)
Big Move
Students, faculty consider a smoke-free campus policy  (November 30, 2017)
Studying
State government grants Hunter councils $80,000 to target littering from cars  (November 29, 2017)
News Brief
Three littering offences cost woman nearly £400  (November 29, 2017)
Repeater
‘Nuisance detection squad’ to fine littering, public spitting from December 1  (November 28, 2017)
Full Story
Beggars should pick up ciggie butts, Wellington's inner city residents say  (November 28, 2017)
New Idea
City intensifies fight vs littering  (November 28, 2017)
Story Here
Smoking, littering bans ‘most violated ordinances’  (November 28, 2017)
Read More
DWI suspect arrested after littering  (November 28, 2017)
Crime News
Higher fines fail to deter litter bugs  (November 27, 2017)
New Zealand
More smiles, less stench  (November 27, 2017)
Editorial
Town approves move to tobacco free parks  (November 27, 2017)
Banned
Prime Minister: Singaporeans litter the Singapore river, my political will cleaned it up  (November 26, 2017)
Read More
Governments fight back as fools treat the bush as a rubbish dump  (November 25, 2017)
Full Story
Canterbury mum angry at litter fine from council  (November 25, 2017)
Story Here
Thailand hosts 1st ASEAN conference to reduce Marine Debris  (November 24, 2017)
Good Move
Indonesian nature littered with trash  (November 24, 2017)
Read More
Video: L'Italia dichiara guerra al littering  (November 24, 2017)
In Italian
Stop the littering  (November 23, 2017)
Letter
Town Council to increase use of handyman service  (November 23, 2017)
Upgrading
Litter bugs to be arrested  (November 23, 2017)
Warning
GreenPak to give away €100 every day in Crush and Win recycling campaign  (November 22, 2017)
Great Idea
Redbridge litter police withdraws services after not making enough money  (November 22, 2017)
Full Story
Fighting for clean beaches in Mumbai  (November 22, 2017)
Read More
Convenience trash sites closed for good  (November 22, 2017)
Story Here
Citizens urinating and littering in public places to face mobile court  (November 21, 2017)
New!
Stricter measures needed to stop litterbugs  (November 21, 2017)
Letter
City fixes stormwater drains  (November 21, 2017)
Zimbabwe
Council takes litter bug to court  (November 21, 2017)
Gets Tough
St. Helen’s scouting group responds to littering complaints  (November 21, 2017)
More Here
Environmental worker dropped three cherry stones in some trees now faces a steep penalty  (November 20, 2017)
Full Story
Row over parking officer duties  (November 20, 2017)
Read More
Bathinda Municipality issues challans for littering city  (November 20, 2017)
India
Furious woman slapped with £75 fine by ‘litter police’ for dropping cigarette – so she calls the cops  (November 19, 2017)
Story Here
Ukhrul ‘No To Litter’ campaign  (November 19, 2017)
Details
 Six Louth schools take part in anti-litter campaign  (November 18, 2017)
Read More
Fenland ‘litter police’ caught illegally parked in Wisbech  (November 18, 2017)
Ironic
Doncaster national capital for litter fines  (November 17, 2017)
Full Story
Success! California’s first-in-the-nation plastic bag ban works  (November 17, 2017)
New Data
BCC launches drainage system ahead of rainy season  (November 17, 2017)
Zimbabwe
South Korean litter drifted to Kent beach says Dover and Shepway White Cliffs Countryside Partnership  (November 16, 2017)
Story Here
Coventry revealed as one of Britain's worst litter hotspots   (November 16, 2017)
See Top 5
Bangor international students go green with city litter picking   (November 16, 2017)
Good Job
Filipinos urge Trudeau to take out Canadian trash still festering in Manila  (November 16, 2017)
Full Story
Palm Valley votes to increase fines on illegal dumping and littering   (November 16, 2017)
Read More
Call for aggressive enforcement of littering fines  (November 15, 2017)
Fiji
Littering is a global menace: Karan Johar  (November 15, 2017)
Role Model
Second bank to get litter free status  (November 15, 2017)
Borneo
Youngest volunteers set example at Jesmond litter pick  (November 15, 2017)
Inspiring
News from Keep New South Wales Beautiful  (November 15, 2017)
Website
Experts trash time limit for prosecuting litter louts  (November 14, 2017)
Full Story
Charter Township of Vienna proposed littering ordinance​  (November 14, 2017)
Update
​Private security firms glad that littering fines to rise in England  (November 14, 2017)
Article Here
Broken glass poses big danger to us and pets  (November 14, 2017)
Letter
Leithers Don't Litter presents "The Magic of Leith"​  (November 13, 2017)
A Must See
Litter problem at Ashford’s Memorial Gardens  (November 13, 2017)
Story Here
Dashcam footage leads to Leighton Buzzard woman’s conviction for littering  (November 13, 2017)
Full Story
Burst balloons are lethal  (November 12, 2017)
Read This
Littering from vehicles  (November 12, 2017)
Letter
How to stop people from littering  (November 11, 2017)
Letter
It’s time litter louts were named and shamed  (November 11, 2017)
Opinion
From cleaned to clean city  (November 11, 2017)
Singapore
Litter fines on the rise in Brookhaven  (November 10, 2017)
Read More
Six in court after council fly-tipping crackdown in Derby  (November 10, 2017)
Crime News
The logic of littering  (November 10, 2017)
Letter
Kingman couple charged for illegal dumping  (November 10, 2017)
Busted
The campaign to stop littering  (November 10, 2017)
See This
Businessman who wanted to buy Argyle could head up Plymouth's private litter police  (November 9, 2017)
Full Story
Numbers up for litter louts  (November 9, 2017)
New Push
MP advises citizenry to desist from littering on streets  (November 8, 2017)
Ghana
Judge backs council's £1,000 litter fine  (November 7, 2017)
Hard Line
Put that in the bin! Litter louts in Gloucester could get fined £150  (November 6, 2017)
Read More
Government rules say when council litter squad should NOT be giving out fines  (November 6, 2017)
Full Story
Take ownership to make Singapore cleaner  (November 5, 2017)
Key Speech
Shopkeepers, vendors to pay for littering markets  (November 4, 2017)
More Here
Is this Brent anti-litter poster racist? Some residents think so...  (November 4, 2017)
Controversy
Images reveal shocking flytipping  (November 4, 2017)
See This
Sadar police arrest 48 for nuisance, 70 for littering  (November 4, 2017)
Sweep
MC warns traders, rehri owners against littering roads  (November 4, 2017)
Details
EcoWaste assails widespread littering in some cemeteries  (November 3, 2017)
Full Story
Verdict – 20 days in jail for littering  (November 3, 2017)
Read More
MPP wants to ban non-compostable coffee pods  (November 3, 2017)
Ontario
Litter and poo police could be walking Plymouth's streets  (November 3, 2017)
On The Table
The law when it comes to littering  (November 3, 2017)
Editorial
Dip in littering on South Central Railway  (November 3, 2017)
New Stats
Anti-litter posters branded “racist” for showing a black man as a criminal  (November 2, 2017)
Controversy
This fishing catch turned into a powerful message against littering  (November 2, 2017)
So Sad
Take responsibility for your litter  (November 2, 2017)
Warning
Managing waste during the rainy season  (November 2, 2017)
Read More
Public warned: Don't litter to avoid citations  (November 1, 2017)
On Notice
Trash and litter everywhere in Sussex  (November 1, 2017)
Read More
How BBC newsreader Alice Arnold humiliates litter louts  (November 1, 2017)
Feature Story
1000 cigarette butts used to build a surfboard  (November 1, 2017)
See This
EPA banner puts litterbugs on notice at college  (November 1, 2017)
Story Here
Why your laundry is littering the ocean with plastic  (November 1, 2017)
Article