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 MoreEveryone has an excuse for something, and litterers are no different, some people in Liverpool have come up with some excuses to try and get them out of paying the fixed penalty fine linked with littering. But why do people do it?
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 MoreA host of cities up and down the country took part in the annual Great British Spring Clean, each year the turnout has increased, we take a look at some of the stories that arose through this years campaign, including a 90 year old man who was praised by his community for litter picking every day.
Read MoreStagecoach and Keep Britain Tidy teamed up to run a competition for schools for their children to design an anti-litter message and help campaign to keep britain litter free. They had 150 pupils enter so they chose 2 winners, each winner will have their design on one side of the bus.
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.
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