The Noisy Lobster in Bournemouth are inviting visitors to collect a bucket of litter in exchange for a free coffee. Influenced by the programme Blue Planet highlighting plastic damage in oceans, the owner has said that they serve seafood which comes straight from the local waters so they have more of a reason to keep the beach and waters clean from litter.
Read MoreWhen landfills become full to capacity, and they are expected to hit capacity at the end of 2018, what do we do with all the rubbish, with new incinerators more efficient and cleaner than what they used to be in the 90's there are solutions for waste disposal, but are they the right one?
Read MoreBeach litter rose by 10% last year and a fifth of this was made up of single use items such as cups, plastic bottles and plastic cutlery. The Marine Conservation Society is calling for a tax on single use plastic items to help tackle this problem, they say the introduction of the 5p bag had a huge effect on the number of plastic bags ending up in the ocean so it could be an idea for other plastic products.
Read MoreDumfries and Galloway are trying something new to tackle litter louts, they are going to be removing bins, the council have claimed that there is evidence that proves taking away bins from litter hotspots can actually encourage people to take their litter home. In replacement of the bins the council are going to be putting up signs encouraging people to take their waste home.
Read MoreEvreyone is familiar with the Coca Cola ad at christmas, however Greenpeace has launched a spoof christmas ad which aims to highlight the sheer number of cans and bottles that end up in the ocean. Greenpeace have made the ad because more plastic has been produced in the last 10 years than during the entire 20th century.
Read MoreLitter has been a long concern for residents of Philadelphia in the US with the authorities always on the lookout for solutions for the ongoing problem. As well as the use of bin art they have used technological solutions to help with the problem, they carried out a detailed count of every piece of litter they found and used software to produce a comprehensive survey.
Read MoreDid you know the production team behind Blue Planet collected every bit of plastic they came across whilst filming for the series, hopeing it would inspire people to do the same when it comes to litter in the ocean and beaches. They have also thrown their support behind the #2minutebeachclean campaign.
Read MoreThe state of California spend on average of half a billion dollars cleaning up litter every year, officials say the large amount of money spent on cleaning up could be better invested elsewhere like schools and public spaces. One of the ways to combat this is the instatement of proposition 67 which banned grocery stores from using single use plastic or paper bags.
Read MoreThere were over 1 million fly-tipping incidents in 2016-2017 with a total cost of around £58 million to cash strapped councils, the majority of the cases involved household waste. Organisations such as Keep Britain Tidy are calling for councils to educate people about waste, keep recycling centres open and proescute fly tippers.
Read MoreTo deal with the growing problem of litter in Los Angeles, the city council are considering plans to employ the cities homeless people to clear up rubbish from the streets. Each day the council gets a reported 200 complaints a day and is in the top 3 issues reported to the council.
Read MoreWe are based in the glorious Cotswolds and hold over 20 years of experience supplying and manufacturing bins to domestic, trade and public sectors. The litter bins we sell are good value without compromising on quality.
More about us
Company Registration Number 05895231 VAT no. 977736161
