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Britain's 'Litter Epidemic' Costs Almost $1.3 Billion A Year

First Posted: 07/21/10 12:32 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:05 PM ET

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Britain is dirtier than ever before as the culture of throwaway consumerism fuels a 'litter epidemic' which is costing the country 850 million pounds a year, environmental groups have warned.

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Britain is dirtier than ever before as the culture of throwaway consumerism fuels a 'litter epidemic' which is costing the country 850 million pounds a year, environmental groups have warned. ...
Britain is dirtier than ever before as the culture of throwaway consumerism fuels a 'litter epidemic' which is costing the country 850 million pounds a year, environmental groups have warned. ...
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mrbeadle
Finds Eeyore too Pollyannish.
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05:17 PM on 07/22/2010
couldn't find a picture of a garbage landfill to make the point, HP?
no way is that a normal day in britain. [:^[
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had-enough
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03:05 PM on 07/22/2010
An environmentally clueless country! PIGS!
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sheila
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08:29 PM on 07/21/2010
"Samantha Harding, of the CPRE, called for some innovative measures like paying people to bring back empty bottles and cans and providing more bins."

Hmmmmmm.

Is this what passes for "innovative measures" nowadays? bottle deposits like we have had for 40 years in CA and "providing more bins?" No wonder the planet is melting.
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karen1p
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02:05 PM on 07/21/2010
The phenom of chewing gum on the sidewalks is really apparent in England. I asked my girlfriend (a Bristol citizen) what all those dots were....she replied gum.
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Rangergirl
Needs of many outweigh needs of few or one
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12:10 PM on 07/21/2010
We have a litter problem here too but not anywhere near this mess. Whats wrong with these people have they no respect for their environment? Yuck
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progressivegreg
Scotty, beam me up
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12:53 PM on 07/21/2010
I don't know if it still applies, but during "the troubles" a few years back they removed all the trash receptacles (were perfect for holding things that go bang) and I don't know if they ever replaced them what with all the terror stuff today.
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deluk
hot mess...
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03:39 PM on 07/21/2010
Have you been here? two million pieces of litter out of a nation of 60 million people is really no big deal (the picture above is rather strange, it looks like the aftermath of a street party, hardly a normal street scene)
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