The state of California spend on average of half a billion dollars cleaning up litter every year, officials say the large amount of money spent on cleaning up could be better invested elsewhere like schools and public spaces. One of the ways to combat this is the instatement of proposition 67 which banned grocery stores from using single use plastic or paper bags.
Read MoreThere were over 1 million fly-tipping incidents in 2016-2017 with a total cost of around £58 million to cash strapped councils, the majority of the cases involved household waste. Organisations such as Keep Britain Tidy are calling for councils to educate people about waste, keep recycling centres open and proescute fly tippers.
Read MoreTo deal with the growing problem of litter in Los Angeles, the city council are considering plans to employ the cities homeless people to clear up rubbish from the streets. Each day the council gets a reported 200 complaints a day and is in the top 3 issues reported to the council.
Read MoreBonfire can be a lot of fun for people with £300 million being spent every year on the occasion. But at this time of year there is a spike in arson attacks and gives people the chance to illegally burn waste, the environment agency has reminded people can only burn small amounts of paper, leaves, wood and cardboard.
Read MoreKeep Britain Tidy are joining forces with drinks giant Coca Cola to help with litter prevention in the UK, Coca Cola GB will become a partner for next year's 2018 Great British Spring Clean. With the drinks brands help they aim to get half a million volunteers involved in clean up streets, beaches and parks.
Read MoreSteinbach in Canada is one of the 8 fastest growing cities in Canada, popular with people who emigrate it has been hailed the most litter free city in the region, this could be down to an annual litter audit that is conducted by the Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association. Since the start of the audit empty drinks container being littered has dropped by 69%.
Read MoreWales are looking like they are going to join Scotland by introducing a deposit return scheme to help bring down the amount of plastic entering our oceans. They are also debating whether to introduce a plastic tax on manufacturers which would aim to force plastic producers to look at using more sustainable items in their productions.
Read MoreRydale 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 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.
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