The government have been trying to clamp down with litter louts all over the country, mainly down to having to spend almost £800 million per year cleaning up everyone elses litter, councils have now been given to the powers to issue £150 on the spot fines to anyone caught littering.
Read MoreWhereever you go/are there is always a little problem with it comes to waterways, along the banks rubibsh builds up, especially plastics, this discarded waste causes problems for the wildlife in the rivers itself but also spans out to the sea where the rivers flow into. Rivercare aim to help keep the rivers clean by enlisting volunteers, with it's popularity they have now extended to beaches.
Read MoreMusic festivals have a record of leaving an incredible amount of rubbish after revellers have gone home, and some festival organisers have gone further than tackling the litter problem, an example of this is the Sunrise Celebration which uses 100% renewable energy and solar powered showers.
Read MoreThere are many occasions where balloons are released in memory of someone or as part of a celebration, but with this can bring more problems to the environment, becah litter surveys alone have found a dramatic rise in litter from balloons alone. The latex can cause problems to the wildlife with it taking around 4 years to decompose if if makes its way into the ocean, and there is now backing to ban the release of balloons and lanters.
Read MoreFlytipping is on the rise, but why? Last year flytipping increased by 50%, this was down to some cash strapped councils implementing charges for the collection of waste, in one case Barnet Council charge almost £48 for a single collection rising to £185. Despite there being so many flytipping cases only 0.2% were prosecuted.
Read MoreAll types of litter pickers aer heroes, but do we forget about the ones that go the extra mile and rarely get the attention they deserve, for example Fathoms Free are a volunteer group in Cornwall to help with the clean up at Port Gaverne, but not on the surface, they are doing an underwater beach clean. Students at Plymouth University have received the backing from Great Western Railway with their efforts up cleaning up their area.
Read MoreThe Great British Spring Clean was started in 2015 to help clean up litter in their areas, 2 years later they have over 250,000 people get involved to clean up their areas. The residents of Sheffield are signing up in their hundreds to help with the pick and go out in all weather to clean up their area, these are the real heroes.
Read MoreWe often hear of wildlife getting stuck or eating discarded litter but in January a passerby had heard a meow from a distressed and trapped kitten, with the help of the RSPCA and the local fire service the kitten was able to be freed. Not knowing how long the kitten had been there the poor thing had rubbish piled on top of it.
Read MoreCould the future of recycling in the UK be in jeopardy, applications for sustainable waste management sites have dropped by 20% in the last year, one of the fears this dropped is because of budget cuts to waste management companies. The bad news is if no facilities are built then the existing ones will be stretched and the use of landfills will be needed again.
Read MoreFlyitpping is essentially the choice of disposing rubbish in places such as parks, on the road side and down country lanes, more and more police forces are having to deal with trying to track down the culprit to take action against, it is not just the police who have to be involved, but the local councils have to fit the bill which in some cases can reach almost £1 million through a year.
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