This year, the focus was firmly on climate-changing and protecting the environment. This means there’s been no shortage of stories about rubbish. Here are some of the best rubbish stories of 2021.
Read MoreRubbish might not be the most glamorous thing in the world. However, there’s never a shortage of headlines about it. In this roundup, we want to share some autumn rubbish stories with you. Welcome to the good, the bad, and ugly of litter tales.
Read MoreYou’ve got plastic masks, sweets, decorations, and everything else you splurge on for your Halloween party. Nope, Halloween is not the most eco-friendly of celebrations. But with a few tweaks, you can keep things more sustainable. Want to challenge yourself to a zero-waste Halloween? Here’s how.
Read MoreParks and green spaces became a lifeline for many of us during the national lockdowns. We walked, jogged, took the kids for a kickabout, some of us dropped litter. However, despite the need for safe, clean local parks, when lockdown eased, they were hard to come by. Councils spent tens of thousands of pounds trying to keep on top of the piles of litter that people left behind every day. However, it was a losing battle. The good news is, you don’t have to be one of those people who complain about litter but does nothing about it. You can do your bit to clean up your local parks. Here’s how.
Read MoreSummer is coming and if the weather is kind, it means we’ll be spending more time outside. But when you visit the park or beach, is there litter everywhere? That crisp packet on the ground or the beer can in a hedge is harming wildlife and polluting the environment. So your zero waste challenge for May and June is to go outdoors and pick up some litter!
Read MoreThis weeks Rubbish Roundup features stories including a litter picking group has grown in the North East since the first lockdown, litter pickers in Ipswich have found proof of just how long some kinds of litter can remain the environment
Read MoreThis weeks Rubbish Roundup includes a pint-size litter picker tidying up communal gardens, a counsellor in Worcestershire shocked at the amount of discarded facemasks and friends in Scarbrough have declared litter warfare and raising money for the local hospice
Read MoreThis weeks Rubbish Roundup features stories including a litterpicking team in Leeds have surpassed 10000 bags of rubbish and a team as Western General Hospital have been the first to receive litter picking kits as part of a new scheme
Read MoreThis weeks Rubbish Roundup features stories including a warning from the evironment minister to the entire tobacco industry and the mayor of Birmingham collecting litter from canal towpaths
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