From lively games to publicly identifying offenders,local authorities are getting creative in the fight to get rid of rubbishKeeping streets clean matters. According to the Local Government organization, councils spend nearly £1 bn a year on tackling litter and coast-tipping, and at a time when they face difficult choices due to budget cuts. Incidents of coast-tipping have increased by 20% in 2014 – final year there were 852000 cases – while funding for street cleaning has fallen for the past four years. According to Clean Up Britain,48% of people still admit to dropping nonsense on the streets (pdf), with chewing gum and cigarette stubs the main offenders.
But councils are fighting back. From whodunnit campaigns, and CCTV monitoring,to litter raffles and lively games, councils across the UK are using unorthodox methods to make people assume differently about the state of our streets and what can be done to keep them clean.
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Source: theguardian.com