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Opportunity knocks – a proven plan to reduce bottle, can and drink box litter: Making it happen in Ontario
Waste Diversion Ontario issued its call for public comments on a proposal from Canada’s beverage industry to provide away-from-home recycling across Ontario to vastly reduce beverage container litter as is being done successfully next door in Manitoba.   We urge our readers to tell WDO they like this idea before comments close November 12, 2013 by emailing wdostakeholdercommunications@wdo.ca
2013
Queensland, Australia commits $5.6 million to 4-year Action Plan to clean up litter and illegal dumping  (November 1, 2013)
“This is a community problem and by engaging the community we can work together to confront the behaviour and achieve long-term improvement in littering and illegal dumping behaviour.” 
Clean-up looms in Harare (October 31, 2013)
“We have come up with a plan for Harare in collaboration with the Environmental Management Agency that ensures that Mbare and the city centre will be litter-free come December 2013.”
Not so wild about litter  (October 31, 2013) 
A litter collector's walk  (October 31, 2013) 
Keep Mandeville Beautiful gets grant  (October 31, 2013) 
No butts about littering  (October 31, 2013)
Containers bought by Keep Terre Haute Beautiful give smokers place for disposal 
Council cleans up at awards  (October 30, 2013)
An anti-litter programme geared to truckers, (first featured in This Week In “Litterland" #23 in July), has just won Keep Britain Tidy’s top award. 
It is time Britain took on all these filthy litter louts  (October 30, 2013)
UCLA report urges new global policy effort to tackle crisis of plastic litter in oceans  (October 30, 2013) 
Zimbabwe’s ministers promise crackdown on litter, waste  (October 30, 2013) 
Litter initiative squad to reduce roadside dumping   (October 30, 2013)
Trying a three-month pilot in Horsham, AU 
Introducing council hit squads - the way to tackle littering  (October 29, 2013)
Jeremy Paxman isn't alone in his crusade against litter, councillor Keith Dibble has his own plan for tackling mess on London’s streets 
Scotland: Council changes the way trade waste will be deal with in city centre  (October 29, 2013) 
Queensland councils lobby government to revive anti-littering campaign to educate Generation Y  (October 29, 2013)
Wheeli Squad cracks down on litter   (October 29, 2013)
Mayor orders city-wide cleanup of poll garbage in Cebu  (October 29, 2013) 
Britain is turning into one big rubbish tip  (October 28, 2013)
“Our Dirty Nation” debuts on BBC One on Panorama at 8:30 tonight
Jeremy Paxman reveals he is an anti-litter crusader   (October 28, 2013)
BBC Newsnight presenter has said he "cannot understand" people who drop litter. 
Dirtying Singapore’s image  (October 28, 2013) 
Woman fined £240 for dropping cigarette wrapper in Barking  (October 27, 2013)
Littering punishment under review  (October 27, 2013)
Also, Singapore’s green plan to be updated to boost growth, improve living environment: PM 
Litter isn’t a minor problem  (October 27, 2013) 
National environmental strategy needed for Kaieteur’s green economy  (October 27, 2013)
"Guyana’s biggest problems are those of air and water pollution, deforestation, coastal zone conservation, flooding, marine litter, public health, solid waste management and damage to rivers and forests by poorly regulated mining and logging practices.
These are all harmful to the people’s health and well-being.” 
The Tour De France is great news for York but also needs a business case  (October 27, 2013) 
Filipino official pushing for schools, cemeteries litter-free  (October 26, 2013)
Barangay elections this Monday and the All  Saints and Souls’ Day on November 1 and 2 are expected to significantly increase waste, says Ramon Paje, the nation’s Natural Resources Secretary. He also called on governors and mayors to ensure the candidates observe a litter-free election and oversee the cleanup in schools and polling precincts immediately after the polls. 
Government of Singapore reviewing punishment for litterbugs: PM Lee  (October 26, 2013)
Clean and Green Singapore 2014  (October 26, 2013)
Clean & Green Singapore aims to inspire us to care for and protect our living environment by adopting an environmentally friendly lifestyle. 
Editorial comment from The Herald in Harare: Zimbabwe’s clampdown on litterbugs progressive  (October 26, 2013) 
Prevent Accidental Litter the focus in Pennsylvania cities and towns  (October 26, 2013) 
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and city host Great Indy Cleanup wrap-up with hundreds of volunteers today  (October 26, 2013) 
Quite a haul in the first South Holland District Council litter blitz  (October 26, 2013) 
Marine litter in deep sea ecosystems of the Mediterranean  (October 25, 2013) 
Councillors join forces to tackle big litter-pick  (October 25, 2013) 
Hard line on Dundee litter bugs  (October 25, 2013)
Not everyone in the clean Scotland movement is on board community service proposal 
Singapore MP explains how she 'discovered' the soiled sanitary pad  (October 25, 2013) 
Manly Council puts litter bugs out with the trash  (October 24, 2013)
Jakarta - Rawajati residents refrain 
from littering  (October 24, 2013)
Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited her neighborhood and warned them that fines would be given to those littering in the river. 
2013 NOWPAP International Coastal Cleanup and Workshop on Marine Litter Management, Okinawa, Japan  (October 24, 2013)
Happening today through to October 26
Individuals and companies in Brunei slapped with fine for littering  (October 24, 2013)
Anti-litter campaigners could lobby for Uckfield by-law  (October 23, 2013)
Don't be a litterbug, Zimbabwe  (October 23, 2013) 
2013 Keep Britain Tidy Network Conference and Awards  (October 23, 2013)
Itinerary: Oct 22 & 23, 2013
National Butt Free Day in Australia today  (October 22, 2013)
A staggering twenty million littered butts a day Down Under!
Fast food and confection litter up, Keep Britain Tidy reports  (October 22, 2013)
The most obvious explanation for this is people using 'drive-thru' restaurants and throwing the packaging from their vehicles, agency says. 
Australian artists get festive with litter  (October 22, 2013)
Fremantle Festival, a celebration of the sea, is featuring Art Adrift, a collection of floating artworks in Fishing Boat Harbour created mainly from flotsam collected around the Indian Ocean. 
London, England gives away free litter picking sticks  (October 22, 2013)
Jackie Chan teaches kids to stop littering  (October 21, 2013) 
Community service for Harare litterbugs  (October 21, 2013)
People who throw litter everywhere will pay fines of between US$20 and US$100 or perform community service. 
Two of N. Ireland’s weeklies back council litter clamp down  (October 21, 2013)
Getting behind Craigavon Borough Council’s zero tolerance approach to littering by publishing regular feature articles as well as court reports on those hit with fixed penalty fines
Ministers urge hospital staff, patients to avoid littering  (October 21, 2013)
Green Youths of Banjul to embark on the cleaning exercise in the hospital. 
“Love Where You Live” calls for people to stop dropping litter and feeding pigeons  (October 21, 2013) 
Recycle to stop wasteful littering in Zululand  (October 21, 2013) 
Oxford green team will blitz fly tipping and litter   (October 21, 2013) 
McDonalds UK restaurant off highway near Ringwood given go-ahead  (October 20, 2013)
A report to council members said McDonald’s aimed to reduce the impact of the scheme by installing a “green screen” covered with climbing plants and a fence that would prevent litter escaping into the surrounding countryside.  Representatives from the company said staff would carry out three litter picks a day 
Bad parenting  (October 20, 2013)
Fiji Online columnist delivers some tough truths 
Australia: Council promises to fix ‘litter street’  (October 20, 2013) 
Consultation on marine litter  (October 20, 2013)
Commission seeking input on possible ways to address this environmental problem 
What Wikipedia has to say about litter in America  (October 20, 2013)
Fines for littering, drinking, proposed at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire  (October 19, 2013) 
Better management of construction waste needed to improve recycling rates in Lisbon  (October 19, 2013)
San Francisco’s plastic bag ban now includes restaurants  (October 19, 2013)
How Collins Dictionary defines litterers online  (October 19, 2013)
Don’t Litter Feed the Can, Man!  (October 18, 2013)
Alice Ferguson Foundation doing great work around Potomac Watershed 
No littering please, urges Fiji Times writer Ken Wesley  (October 18, 2013) 
Canadian artist attracts more TV notice for “50 ways to leave your litter” in Kitchener  (October 18, 2013)
TV exposure for regional daily’s litter campaign in Lancashire  (October 17, 2013)
A regional daily’s campaign to track down litter louts has featured on BBC TV programme the One Show. 
Keep Australia Beautiful wants public to dob in MPs who have left posters up  (October 17, 2013) 
Indian Railway penalizes over 5,100 for littering in September  (October 17, 2013) 
Resident shocked by the state of park in North Devon  (October 17, 2013)
Waste Free Oceans conference sponsors a marine litter cleanup demo in Spain today  (October 17, 2013) 
Cardiff tally: 267 litter fines in three weeks  (October 17, 2013) 
Race organizer apologizes for litter left after Oxford Half Marathon  (October 16, 2013)
Third year for the event and residents are none too pleased.
Breaking News!  Croydon North MP sets up litter commission to deal with “crisis”  (October 16, 2013)
Politicians should ensure litter-free rallies: NGO  (October 16, 2013)
Espousing the cause of cleanliness ahead of elections, an NGO created "Come Clean, India", a campaign that has asked political leaders to declare their rallies "litter free" and pressed for inclusion of cleanliness in their party manifestos. 
Ban on polystyrene containers within two years – Kaieteur's Environment Minister  (October 16, 2013) 
Neighbourhood battle over McDonald's wrappers and Tim Hortons cups in Toronto, Canada  (October 15, 2013)
Community gardener takes stand against local fast food restaurants 
West Croydon residents encouraged to help combat crime and littering  (October 15, 2013) 
Swansea’s litter crackdown  (October 15, 2013)
A crackdown on litter louts in Swansea, Wales has resulted in more than 200 fixed penalties. 
Kitchener litter exhibit makes the airwaves  (October 15, 2013)
Our friend Susan Coolen’s “50 Ways To Leave Your Litter” exhibit gets good radio attention. 
Warning over littering in Rotherham, UK  (October 15, 2013)
Penalties if smokers “trash their ash” 
Litter Causes Damages and Disposal Expenses  (October 15, 2013)
Miami’s Community Newspapers take a stand: "It takes one person to positively impact the behavior of others to improve the quality of life of the community where we can live, work, and play together." 
Zimbabwe: Masvingo council riles residents  (October 15, 2013)
The cash-strapped Masvingo City Council bid to generate revenue by reintroducing a $20 fine for littering has drawn the ire of residents who said it was hypocritical.
Litter pickers ready for big Rose Hill spruce-up  (October 14, 2013)
The Oxford City Council campaign is launching in Rose Hill community today and will run for four weeks.
Gladstone Road Infants’ litter plea  (October 14, 2013) 
Adams County litter enforcer to be sheriff's office in Mississippi  (October 14, 2013)
King Street litter raises concerns in Tuscumbia, AL  (October 14, 2013)
Mayor Bill Shoemaker says education is the key to preventing litter. When schools tell children about it, the children often chastise their parents when the parents throw something from a vehicle, he tells the Times Daily.
Isle of Man campaign group warns of litter problem  (October 14, 2013) 
Litterbugs are busted with help of weekly title  (October 13, 2013)
Guyana’s university students MUST take responsibility for littering    (October 13, 2013) 
Junior councils in Harare embark on anti-litter campaign  (October 13, 2013) 
Petition launched over anti-social behaviour, litter and vandalism in Wood Green Park, Haringey, UK   (October 13, 2013) 
Report litter via website in Swansea (October 13, 2013) 
Bishop's Waltham Parish Council cracking down on litter  (October 13, 2013)
Will write to merchants and expect them to clean up 
Turn the tide on rubbish  (October 13, 2013)
Litter program honored  (October 12, 2013)
W.C. Handy Music Festival achieves litter-free status and has produced a how-to guide for event planners.
Littering in Singapore – A Sociological Perspective  (October 12, 2013)
We went back to 2011 to find this stellar study conducted by National University of Singapore sociologists and the government.  Surprisingly, the findings show the presence of signs and officers as the least helpful. People talking to litterers was found to be far more effective.
Litter by businesses / Everywhere a sign  (October 12, 2013)
Atlantic City’s war on bandit signs akin to litter battles    
Canadians produce more garbage than anyone else  (October 12, 2013)
Conference Board called Canada an 'environmental laggard', says news report from national broadcaster CBC in January of this year.
Bulldog Nation: No littering on St. Simons Beach before Georgia-Florida game!  (October 11, 2013)
Joining hands for litter-free wildlife habitats  (October 11, 2013) 
Shillong to start a Zero Littering Campaign in the city  (October 11, 2013) 
China's advice on travel: do queue, don't litter – and don't steal lifejackets  (October 10, 2013)
Tourism officials issue 64-page guidebook amid concerns that holidaymakers' behaviour abroad is harming China's reputation 
Brooklyn's new parks commissioner bugged by litter, says reign will focus on cleaning up trash  (October 10, 2013)
Kevin Jeffrey's war on litter could include tougher enforcement and more summonses, more and better-placed trash cans and a public campaign to get litterbugs to clean up their act. "People are using the parks more at a point when there has been a reduction of workforce. It's almost a perfect storm, if you will, when it comes to maintenance."
In-car litter cameras in Redlands, AU  (October 10, 2013)
“Dash-cams” augmented by fixed cameras at key dumping sites 
Michigan University Student Commission discusses couch burnings, party litter  (October 10, 2013) 
Drug-taking litter louts banned from Tesco car park in Milton  (October 10, 2013)
Think you'll be fined if you're caught dropping litter in Northern Ireland? It depends on where you do it...  (October 9, 2013)
Love Wimbledon business improvement district warns chewing gum littering will lead to £80 fine  (October 9, 2013)
Litter and Marine Debris: Much more than an eyesore  (October 9, 2013)
The volunteer group SOLVE in Oregon is a leading educator in action.    
Barkingside residents join forces to shut off alleyway after years of crime   (October 9, 2013)
Residents can apply for matching funding through Redbridge Council’s “alleygate” scheme until December 1. 
Archbishop Desmond Tutu picks up litter on his birthday  (October 8, 2013) 
Drivers in Dubai face fines of AED 500 for cigarette littering  (October 8, 2013)
US government's work stacking up a week into shutdown  (October 8, 2013)    
New campaign launches in Liverpool to help reduce chewing gum litter  (October 7, 2013)
Gum in Britain contributing to 'best part of £1bn' litter bill  (October 7, 2013) 
Malabon crackdown on litterbugs nets 25  (October 7, 2013)
Lax no more across the Philippines    
Driver arrested by provincial police in Sarnia for littering on highway  (October 7, 2013) 
Litterbugs will pay stiff penalties in Albany, Georgia  (October 6, 2013)    
UK: Youngsters roll up their sleeves to clean up in Cromer  (October 6, 2013) 
National Day Tiananmen Square Litter Calculated & Explained  (October 6, 2013)
64th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China was celebrated last Tuesday  
Colchester man urges action over Tesco trolley dumpers  (October 6, 2013)
Trolleywise program to the rescue? 
Taken aback by litter-lined road to Tasek Merimbun  (October 6, 2013) 
Litter black spots causing headaches in clean-leaning Irish town  (October 5, 2013)
C grade given to recycling area outside the Environment Department 
RM10 fine for littering in SS15  (October 5, 2013)
Anti-littering campaign in Subang Jaya district began Wednesday
Irish city deputy seeks national policy on graffiti  (October 5, 2013)
ECo students at University of Alabama address Marr’s Spring litter issue  (October 4, 2013) 
Rwanda: Kigali Officials Raise Concerns Over Litter  (October 4, 2013)
Awards following a six-month campaign include a vehicle meant for cleaning purposes and a motorcycle. 
Fears streets could be lined with litter after mix-up over rubbish days in Brighton and Hove  (October 4, 2013) 
Scuba team makes interesting discoveries in Thames litter pick  (October 4, 2013)
Majority of residents won't litter Carmarthenshire  (October 3, 2013)
Just one per cent said they would leave their rubbish behind!
Tourists to mainland China hotspots leave massive litter problem  (October 3, 2013)
Litter a continuing problem in Grande Prairie, Alberta  (October 3, 2013)
Says official: it’s a lack of education rather than a lack of respect.  “I think maybe if we as a society make people more accountable for those behaviours then it won’t become the norm to just dump your garbage.” 
Report from Ipoh, Malaysia: Litterbugs throw rubbish anywhere even when there is a bin nearby  (October 3, 2013) 
Need to change mindset, Ipoh's mayor says he feels he has failed
McDonald's picks up litter on Brighton Beach  (October 3, 2013)
Littering by loutish weekend tourists was a mammoth problem during this summer's heat wave.
Council finalizes first litter abatement partner  (October 3, 2013) 
Second Global Conference on Land Ocean Connections underway in Montego Bay, Jamaica  (October 2, 2013) 
Mayor declares war on littering Albany, GA  (October 2, 2013) 
Up to 40 people a day fined for littering by Croydon Council  (October 2, 2013)
In a six-month trial, officers from security firm Kingdom will bill Council £45 for every offender caught, with the rest of the £75 on-the-spot fine going to the council.
Jenkintown couple protest Philadelphia littering citation  (October 2, 2013)
Workers who respond to litter complaints are trained to look for evidence pointing to the identities of the scofflaws. Then the city goes after them. Man’s ignorant comment at the end of this story not helpful to the city's Unlitter Us campaign cause. 
Shopkeepers fined for littering  (October 2, 2013)
Ohio EPA Awards More Than $527,000 for 2013 Litter Cleanups and Tire Amnesties  (October 1, 2013)
Littering Marina beach in India  (October 1, 2013) 
New E-book "Cleanlots", teaches people how to "cash in" on litter  (October 1, 2013) 
Plastics Europe urges Asian leaders to be proactive on health and litter issues  (October 1, 2013)
“In plastics you can boil it down to three simple areas where we are having problems. That is what a high-ranking policy maker from the EU Commission told me: 'You are killing people because they believe you have toxic substances in your material. You are using up scarce resources, depletion of oil, and you are ruining the environment by littering.'"  Wilfried Haensel, Executive Director, PlasticsEurope
Sites kept free of litter  (October 1, 2013)
Penrith Council is urging residents to make a Litter-Free Promise.
Two hit by litter fines in Carmarthen, UK  (October 1, 2013)