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There 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.
Read MoreWe often hear of wildlife getting stuck or eating discarded litter but in January a passerby had heard a meow from a distressed and trapped kitten, with the help of the RSPCA and the local fire service the kitten was able to be freed. Not knowing how long the kitten had been there the poor thing had rubbish piled on top of it.
Read MoreCould the future of recycling in the UK be in jeopardy, applications for sustainable waste management sites have dropped by 20% in the last year, one of the fears this dropped is because of budget cuts to waste management companies. The bad news is if no facilities are built then the existing ones will be stretched and the use of landfills will be needed again.
Read MoreFollowing a Greenpeace investigation Coca-Cola has decided to do a U-turn on its views of a deposit return scheme after previously stating they would fight any proposals of a scheme being introduced. Surveys have showed that 63% of consumers would support the scheme with 51% saying they would recycle more.
Read MoreFlyitpping is essentially the choice of disposing rubbish in places such as parks, on the road side and down country lanes, more and more police forces are having to deal with trying to track down the culprit to take action against, it is not just the police who have to be involved, but the local councils have to fit the bill which in some cases can reach almost £1 million through a year.
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