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Litter and fly-tipping

Enlarge video player Bill Bryson on litter BBC

The Issues:

Fly-tipping on a beach.

Litter is spoiling the countryside

Litter and fly-tipping bother us more than almost any other issue. A Mori poll in July 2007 found the public more concerned about litter and graffiti than they were about climate change. MPs get more letters complaining about litter and dog fouling than anything else.

Update:

Recycling thousands of cans and bottles

Research shows a bottle deposit scheme would create over 4,000 jobs

Our new research shows how well over 4,000 full time equivalent green jobs could be created by a UK deposit refund system (DRS) for drinks containers. The findings are being presented by waste consultants Eunomia at the TUC Climate Change Conference: What makes a good green government?

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