Take your (litter) pick
Years ago a friend and I planned a holiday in Devon. She was particularly excited about the prospect of exploring Dartmoor. The landscape looked delightfully picturesque in the brochure, with
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Litter and waste
The elusive girl on a motorcycle against rubbish
Top marks to this Russian lady who takes a rather direct approach to street littering. Title translated is “The elusive girl on a motorcycle against rubbish”
Read moreEnough with feeding the ducks.
Look, we have to talk about this feeding the birds lark. I know the RSPB tell you to do it, and the WWT make it a tourist attraction in itself.
Read moreThe city of Jerusalem is throwing money at dog poo.
Here’s a story that is doing the rounds in the ‘Believe it or not’ columns of the newspapers. Some boffin is rubbing his hands delightedly, as they’ve actually persuaded the municipality
Read moreSmoking for Turtles
Here’s a promotional flyer for an extremely unusual charitable fund-raising drive: The Turtle Conservation Society is raising cash for marine wildlife… by promoting smoking?
Read moreSmoking for Turtles
Here’s a promotional flyer for an extremely unusual charitable fund-raising drive: The Turtle Conservation Society is raising cash for marine wildlife… by promoting smoking?
Read moreChinese lanterns: Spain has banned these dangerous toys. Now we should too.
Today’s the Chinese new year, the first day of the Year of the Dragon. But the recent vogue for marking this and other events with flying lanterns has caused concern
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Bereaved parents hope environmental pundit chokes to death
Oh, it’s been a while since I wrote about this, but the issue of balloon releases seems to have raised its head in a particularly bizarre and upsetting way recently.
Read moreA fly-tipping chronicle
London photographer Simon Lee spent a few months this year walking by a block of flats at the Elephant and Castle, on his daily commute. Perronet House is a social
Read moreCSI fly-tipping: rubbish investigations
The Environment Agency is calling in hi tech help to track down illegal dumping in a field at Copythorne, Hampshire. Dumped material included wood, plastics, tar, metals and even lumps
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