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25th April 2010
Coca-cola litter - more than one every 20m

Today I litter picked exactly one mile (1,609m) of the B4070, Leckhampton Hill road - a pretty average "B" road running from the outskirts of Cheltenham up to the A417 trunk road at the Air Balloon. From this one mile, I picked up 86 items of littered Coca-Cola brand products, i.e. Coke, Fanta, Relentless, Oasis, Dr Pepper. That's one very 18.7m.

13th April 2010
Well done Bev!

Inspired by Faith Eckersall's article in the Bournemouth Daily Echo (see 2nd April below) Litter Heroine Bev Miller has set up Chritters - Christchurch litter pickers. They are doing a great job - see newspaper article.

5th April 2010
The Litter Heroines of Mill Bank School Cardiff

I am delighted that Mike Jones wrote and told me about the work of the pupils at Mill Bank Primary School in Cardiff. Not only do the the girls do regular litter picks but they've done a great job of analysing the litter and talking to their Council. For their outstanding work. I'm delighted to add them to the Litter Hero Map of Great Britain

2nd April 2010
What does it take to be a Litter Hero?

Reporter Faith Eckersall as written an excellent article for the Bournemouth Daily Echo
What does it take to be a Litter Hero?

30th March 2010
Litter Hero Map of Great Britain

Thanks to an idea from Jessica Hasler from Findochty, Banffshire I have a created a Litter Hero Map of Great Britain. It shows the location and tells the stories of over 100 amazing volunteer litter pickers. These are people who do give a damn and are quietly getting on with keeping their part of the country clean. Congratulations to all of them.

22th March 2010
Hats off to Torquay

I was in Torquay for a convention this weekend. When I managed to escape from proceedings and have a walk around the town I was really impressed by how litter free the town was. A great example of how pleasant things can be if we get things right. Outstanding.

27th February 2010
And the award goes to ...BBC Suffolk!

If there was an award for Best Anti-litter Campaign I think BBC Radio Suffolk would walk away with it. Their campaign to reduce litter in Suffolk is inspired - it's engaging, imaginative and fun, and not at all nannying. They have distributed 20,000 "Don't be a Tosser " beermats and 10,000 car stickers, they've got school kids to do a song and pop video and they are engaging community groups and business across the piste. And it is sustained. If every county had a BBC Suffolk we could make a substantial improvement to litter. Congratulations to Mark Murphy, Rob Dunger and the whole team at BBC Suffolk for making it happen.
BBC Suffolk - Don't be a Tosser

25th February 2010
"Litter Heroes ...has done something rather useful" Jeremy Paxman

Read Jeremy Paxman's Guardian Online article commenting on "What's littering Britain?"
Litter: our legacy to future generations

24th February 2010
Litter heroes reveal Britain's worst littered brands

Litterheroes.co.uk today released the results of survey identifying Britain's worst littered brands.

Volunteer litter pickers from Cornwall to the Isle of Skye helped undertake the survey by picking up 1-2 sacks of litter each (a total of 7,800 items), sorting them by type and brand, and recording the results. Litter Heroes' Tim Barnes then collated the results to produce a picture of the nation's litter.

The survey reveals Coca-Cola is the most littered brand with the company's products accounting for 7.8% of the litter collected and being present in 94% of the sites surveyed
Walkers Crisp was found to be the second most littered brand, accounting for 4.1% of litter and being prenet in 90% of the sites.
In third position was McDonald's accounting for 3.1% of total litter and 28% of all fast food litter. McDonalds packaging was found in 75% of sites surveyed.

The full report (20 pages, 3MB PDF) can be downloaded from What's Littering Britain?

26th January 2010 - Duke of Edinburgh picks up litter

Well done him! Full story and pictures in the Daily Mail

January 2010 Litter and Snow

Overnight, four inches of snow gave the Cotswolds a completely litter free landscape.



But guess what the very first piece of litter to return was ...

July 2009 "Litter Ye Not!" Litter Heroes in the Daily Mail

To read the full article click here

Copyright © Tim Barnes 2008