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Did 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 MoreThe British Plastics Federation, PlasticsEurope and the Marine Conservation Society have joined forces for a new campaign called Bincentives, their aim is to make young people more aware of litter and the correct way to dispose of waste. Secondary schools are being given free emoji posters and resources for a school assembly to support the campaign.
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 MoreBonfire can be a lot of fun for people with £300 million being spent every year on the occasion. But at this time of year there is a spike in arson attacks and gives people the chance to illegally burn waste, the environment agency has reminded people can only burn small amounts of paper, leaves, wood and cardboard.
Read MoreCleaning up litter costs the taxpayers around £800 million per year, to help combat littering on the spot fines are set to double to £150. The government is hoping to make people see that throwing rubbish from cars is the same as throwing it on to the street and they feel hitting them in the pocket will help combat this.
Read MoreKeep Britain Tidy are joining forces with drinks giant Coca Cola to help with litter prevention in the UK, Coca Cola GB will become a partner for next year's 2018 Great British Spring Clean. With the drinks brands help they aim to get half a million volunteers involved in clean up streets, beaches and parks.
Read MoreSteinbach in Canada is one of the 8 fastest growing cities in Canada, popular with people who emigrate it has been hailed the most litter free city in the region, this could be down to an annual litter audit that is conducted by the Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association. Since the start of the audit empty drinks container being littered has dropped by 69%.
Read MoreWales are looking like they are going to join Scotland by introducing a deposit return scheme to help bring down the amount of plastic entering our oceans. They are also debating whether to introduce a plastic tax on manufacturers which would aim to force plastic producers to look at using more sustainable items in their productions.
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