A woman wearing a mermaids tail is swimming along the river Thames to raise awareness about the problems caused by single-use plastic. She started in Gloucestershire and will finish in Teddington, during the swim she will be asking people to litterpick for 2 minutes along the river banks.
Read MoreFife council are backing a new campaign that is encouraging people to think before they discard their chewing gum or litter on the street, 'Bin it Your Way' is a chewing gum action group annual campaign which is run across 80 local authorities.
Read MoreLitter bins in North East Lincolnshire are set to be replaced with bigger ones and some of them will contain solar powered waste compactors. The plans to introduce the new bins came about after a council meeting regarding litter in the area.
Read MoreCommunal underground bins are being considered in a bid to tackle the litter problems in the city, the council are currently spending in excess of £6 million cleaning up and repairing alleyways which are too narrow for wheelie bins.
Read MoreKeep Britain Tidy has launched a new campaign to combat discarded litter butts, #BanTheButt was launched in Manchester at the end of August and 40 large cigarette butts have been installed in St Peter's Square.
Read MoreA beach cleaning charity on the Isle of Man has suggested that drones could be used to help them find hidden litter around the coastline. Drone projects have already been used around England and Scotland to help highlight litter hotspots.
Read MoreSix crows in a theme park in Western France have been trained to pick up litter, they were chosen for this job because of their intelligent, in return for this the birds would get food treats. It is not just helping the environment but it is also saving the lives of other wildlife.
Read MoreThe Marine Conservation Society is appealing for volunteers to clean up the UK's beaches as part of its 25th anniversary. At last years beach clean, 7000 volunterrs picked up records amount of litter from 339 of UK's beaches which equates to 718 bits of rubbish for every 100 metres, this was 10% more than the previous year.
Read MoreThe mayor of Limerick launched an education campaign on behalf of the Gum Litter Taskforce. the latest national figures show that the amount of chewing gum dropped has fallen from 15% to 8% over the last year. The taskforce has also found that 86% of people now dispose of their gum in the correct manor.
Read MoreThis weeks Rubbish Roundup includes stories about the dangers of throwing waste from vehicles in the hot weather, Greater Manchester are cracking down on motorists who throw litter from their vehicles, and finally figures in Aberdeen have shown that only half of people who are issued fines have actually paid.
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