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Rydale Council is asking residents to make an effort to reduce waste as part of a new campaign. Each month the campaign wil focus on different issues to encourage residents to take pride in the area that they live in, the more changes that are made can only make things better.
Read MoreBusiness in Stafford are being encouraged by the borough council to pledge their suppord to help tackle litter in the area, the council say a clean borough is more attractive to live in and for people who visit as well as potential investors. McDonalds for example have been working for over 30 years by sending out staff on daily patrols who cover an impressive 3000 miles per week.
Read MoreLitter is a massive problem on the roadside, estimates suggest it costs around £850 million per year to clean up rubbish throughout the UK, motorways and roads are notorious for litter, to combat this a new funnel bin has been installed in some locations to encourage drivers to dispose of their rubbish in the correct manor instead of just throwing it from their car window onto the ground they can not throw into a new funnel bin.
Read MoreThe deposit return scheme looks to be edging nearer for implementation in Scotland, customers who buy a plastic bottle will pay an extra charge on the item and then receive a refund. It has been successful in countries such as Germany and parts of Scandavia.
Read MoreKeep Britain Tidy's annual campaign has arrive again, from the 19th to the 25th September their focus is waste less and live more, they have worked out the average household throws away £700 worth of food each year that can still be eaten.
Read MoreThe 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 MoreNappies can take as long as 500 years to decompose when sent to landfill as well as leaking toxins into the underground. To make a nappy it takes wood pulp as well as crude oil. To dispose correctly the nappy should be sealed from the tabs and placed into a sealed nappy bag.
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.
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