The Maldives are the latest nation to join the UN campaign which aims to help eliminate marine litter, in today's economy we use 20 times more plastic than we did in the 1960's. More than 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in our oceans which can cause some serious damage to marine life.
Read MoreNewcastle has a mini litter champion, Wilfred Chaffey has started a litter picking group at the age of 9 and has so far collected over 200 bags of rubbish, for his efforts he has gained an award from the government and received praise from the prime minister.
Read MoreScotland are encouraging all businesses and local councils to join a campaign to help prevent littering and flytipping across the country. Zero Waste Scotland say taxpayers are currently paying over £50 million per year and that 15,000 tonnes of litter is discarded in Scotland each year.
Read MoreLitter is an ever increasing problem despite more and more iniatives being launched, it's the same everywhere, you walk past it and you hear the complaints about how dirty it is but you don't do anything about it. Many people still think it is okay to litter especially from their cars.
Read MoreWe are all well aware of the 5p plastic bag charge in the UK, but Tesco are going to stop selling these bags altogether, the are replacing this option with a reusable 'bag for life' that will cost 10p. This change Tesco have expected to reduce the number of bags handed out per year by 700 million and if they are damaged they will replace them for free.
Read MorePhiladelphia has generated the nickname filthadelphiao because of it's problem with litter, on average each resident disposes of 1 ton of litter per year. The city has committed to the Zero Waste and Litter Executive Order which sets a goal of achieving zero waste by 2035.
Read MoreWherever you are there is a always a litter problem, its harmful to health, wildlife and the environment, we take a look at some of the facts of littering, one of which is NASA being fined $400 when parts of their space rocket debris landed in Australia.
Read MoreSurfers Against Sewage are one of the UK's leading marine conservation charities and campaign on a range of marine convservation issues. The chairty was born in 1990 and focused solely on the issue of water pollution, their charity has grown and now they are advocates of clean oceans on a global scale
Read MoreWaitrose has joined the fight against litter, the company is donating £500,000 from their carrier bag fund to help the Marine Conservation Society and the money will be used to organise beach clean ups generate campaigns to get the public involved with the fight against litter.
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