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Important!  Litter Behaviour Research Findings
A groundbreaking report in Canada for Divert Nova Scotia

Download your copy of this March 2022 landmark work.
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"The Litter Myth"  NPR Podcast, Sept.  5, 2019

  Run time: 35m
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"ONTARIO'S LITTER PROBLEM: IN WHOSE HANDS DOES IT REST?"  (February 19, 2015)
For 2014 this second report identifies key issues going forward and continues to press for action.
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"LITTER CONTROL IN ONTARIO: NO TIME TO WASTE"  (November 22, 2013)
Our first annual Progress Report receives media attention across Canada, from St. John's to Vancouver.

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Smart smokers should read this . . .

​Smoking – how bad is it really?  (April 8, 2019)
Article
Smoking and the Environment: How Cigarette Butts Pollute The Environment​
Thank you, 4-H group, for sharing this blog with us!
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The best documentary film on chewing gum ever made
Sheila White and Litter Prevention Program played a role in it
"Dark Side Of The Chew"
Directed by Andrew Nisker
View Trailer
Canadian beverage industry roars ahead with recycling success in Manitoba and $4.6 million funding commitment
(August 11, 2013)  Industry campaign boosts recycling by 25 per cent in two years and lowers littering, evidence suggests. Exciting results in 2012 from the Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association, which is using the momentum to drive a culture of total recycling.  Visit the CBRCA website to track the success of Recycle Everywhere.
News Story
CBCRA Report
BE YOUR OWN HERO. PLEDGE TO NOT LITTER THIS YEAR
Signing our Litter Not Pledge is the greatest single action you can take to help the environment, year in, year out, and from this day forward.

SIGN PLEDGE
Read "This Week In Litterland". Great stuff in there every week.
"Litterland" Library
SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT BUTT LITTER
This well-crafted butt litter video comes from Australia, October 2012.  Highly recommended and quite funny. Click here to watch it.

Canadian Plastics Industry Association's litter prevention activity book and new game now online for kids.  Download here.   

JUST RELEASED!  (June 28, 2013)
Keep Britain Tidy reports on the extreme costs of litter, sounds alarm in 2013
Asks, "Which side of the fence are you on"?

See Report
KBT Website
GREAT!  Everything you need to know about plastic litter can be found on this excellent website from Dr. Ross Headifen in Australia.  Plastic is not a natural product therefore nature has no way to break it down, other than hundreds to thousands of years of time. More plastic was manufactured in the last 10 years than all of last century.   Go to www.plasticwastesolutions.com and become informed.

OUTSTANDING!! Ireland launches lively and creative three-year "Bin It Your Way" program about chewing gum litter  (November 30, 2012)
See It

DIRECT FROM AUSTRALIA!  Environmental news scan ==>>
Engage
Check It
REPORT FROM VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (October 16, 2015)

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Wm Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation Expands “Litter Less” Program in Ireland 

Partnering with the National Trust for Ireland, the program's rolling out to 50 more schools and up to 35,000 students over the next two years. Its aim is to encourage teenagers to understand and take action with their peers to reduce littering at school and particularly, outside the school.  (January 11, 2013)

News Release
“Love Food, Hate Waste”
  Scotland’s recipe for making The Big Lunch that leaves no waste behind.  A great resource.
Have A Taste

#Litterati  Our friend, Jeff Kirschner is making a global impression with his interactive social experiment via Instagram

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INNOVATION! Bolivian Recycled Homes Made of Litter   (February 10, 2013) 
Watch
Litter Videos from YouTube
Any one of these is enough to cure you of the littering habit.
 
Video Library
Read
<<=== Read our Environmental Bill of Rights application to have a litter review in Ontario
The Beverage Containers Bill 2012, Trinidad and Tobago Senate 
Read the Bill

See Switzerland's cool, new litter-catching receptacles ...

Markham, Ontario, uses Big Belly solar compacting bins ...
Swiss Know-How
Markham's Magic
Let's Do It! World cleanups began in Estonia and spread around the world  (October 17, 2012) 
letsdoitworld.org
United States Army Garrison Stuttgart Anti-Litter Campaign 
US Army Stuttgart
Peaceful Protest Against Litter
From Belgium

Litter Websites from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Victoria, Australia  (October 2012)   
Resources
Gum Litter Task Force, Ireland  (October 2012)
Details Here
"Mumbai's Most Unwanted" Student Campaign  (launched September 13, 2012, find the full story on Newsreel)
Link to Site
Europes's Response to Marine Litter  (September 2012)
Below, European Union takes marine litter seriously.
EU Website
For Young People
Above, EU's website for preventing marine litter, animated and entertaining for kids.
New Tool Kit for UK Schools: Jurassic Coast Marine and Beach Litter Project for Schools  (October 2012)
This education pack has been written to help every school to teach their children and young people about the local and global impacts of marine and beach litter. It includes some lesson plans and activity suggestions that can be used to help learning in your school.  Click button below.

Get Tool Kit
United Kingdom's Litter Action Groups: litteraction.org.uk & cleanupbritain.org (September 2012)
Litter Action
Clean Up Britain
UK Legislation
Litter Management Plan for 2012 to 2015: Fingal County, Ireland  (October 1, 2012)
We put this in our ‘best-ever’ category for its attention to every detail as a litter prevention plan.  The public has until Oct. 30, 2012 to comment.
  
Fingal's Great Plan
How It’s Done In Craigavon, Ireland  (June 3, 2013)
Website
More from Ireland ... and Scotland and Wales
Green Schools (IRE)
Scotland
IRISH BUSINESS AGAINST LITTER
Wales
South Dublin TV ad
“Tackle Litter Before It Tackles You”
(Published by southdublincoco, September 25, 2012)    

Recycling Laws and Campaigns in the United States
An excellent resource from the American non-profit, Campaign For Recycling: www.campaignforrecycling.org
Interactive Map
Taking a bite out of litter:
Organizing a California Cleanup event  (April 20, 2013)   
See Plan





Californians Against Waste
 
CAW Website
USA's 1 800 recycling.com, the recycling search engine
Check It Out
REAP, Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan, West Virginia

Strives rid the state of unsightly litter.
Visit Site
Vault of Litter News Stories
Los Angeles Times
Don't Trash Arizona
Arizona Site

Maryland's Alice Ferguson Foundation
Maryland
Online Volunteer Network Launched to Address Pervasive Trash Problem in the Potomac Region (Sept. 15, 2012)
Find Out More
eCycling Zip Code Locator for USA
GreenGadgets.org
Keep Arkansas Beautiful
One innovative Green Team project is the BUTTanical Garden.  
Click Video button for a 'must-see' experience and a great idea.
Arkansas Site
Litter Index
Video

US Environmental Protection Agency

Website
"Don't Mess With Texas"  State Funded Since 1986
Texas Site
Making It Happen in Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Program
Pennsylvania Resource Council
Pick Up America.org


Knox County Health Department, Ohio
Knox Site
Georgia (Carrollton)
Website
Great TV Ad!

National Environment Agency (Singapore)  (September, 2012)
Go To Site

Environmental News Sources
environmental-expert.com
Green Business Times
Online green news from Singapore
greenbusinesstimes.com
The Litter Jitter in Dubai  (August 21, 2012)
Gulf News readers share their thoughts on littering in Dubai 
and why it continues to be an issue.

Read Article
Litter Stories from NDTV India
NDTV News Index

Litter News from Africa
Link to Index
NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence are Africa's centres of research which meet the requirements for a centre as described in the NEPAD Water initiative guide and includes all the higher education institutions and/or science councils that participate in The NEPAD Water Initiative.
Visit
www.nepadwatercoe.org.

Keep Australia Beautiful 
National Litter Index  

(August 20, 2012)

Website
News Video
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CANADA
Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association deserves a hand
Industry-funded not-for-profit works with Manitoba government toward total recycling and is doing a great job. Gold standard.
Learn More
Edmonton, Alberta looking good
Western city making strides: study by MGM Management ...
2012 Audit
Connect
... and Edmonton's website (above) makes an effort to educate.
City of Toronto 2012 Litter Audit - the first in four years - reveals the good, the bad and the ugly.
Get Audits
City of Hamilton aiming to get ahead of the curve in Ontario with committed Clean&Green plan  (November 29, 2012)
See The Plan
Go To Website
Read the latest research on tobacco litter compiled by the Ontario Legislative Library research division   ====>>
Ontario research
Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) Report 2012 "Small Steps to a Greener Union"
A Model
St. John's, Newfoundland Anti-Litter By-law
Copy of By-law

Marine Debris and Marine Protection Agencies: Managing the Impacts  of Litter on Marine Ecosystems  (December 2011)
An excellent newsletter.  Highly recommended. 
MPA News is published bimonthly by Marine Affairs Research and Education, a not-for-profit corporation, in association with the School of Marine & Environmental Affairs, University of Washington. 
MPA News
Marine Litter News in English, Spanish and German  (November 30, 2012)
In-depth coverage of issues affecting Earth's oceans and waters
Go Deep

View a copy of the litter prevention program from New South Wales, Australia:
Australian program
In June 2010 the National Environment Agency (NEA) launched a new initiative to better curb littering in Singapore
Singapore program
Litter in America: 2009 National Litter Research Findings and Recommendations
Executive Summary
Final Report: Cigarette Butt Litter Reduction Program, San Mateo County, USA  (2008-2009)
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Citizens Against Litter (Pittsburgh, founded in 2005)
Citizens' Group
CAL Newsletter 9/12
Australia's Branded Litter Study 2007/2008 Results
See Study
Eat It Up!
List of Companies Involved in Litter Control.  
Litter control costs money.  Litter prevention saves money.
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