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Sustainable Planet

Anton Damen: The ‘Plogging Man’ shows that a cleaner Netherlands is there for the taking, with his fight against plastic waste

Anton Damen, also known as the Plogging Man, demonstrates that a cleaner Netherlands is within reach by fighting plastic waste. Anton…

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Sustainable Planet

Amsterdam is planting mini-gardens around trash cans with hopes to cut littering

After an initial experiment with artificial grass at trial locations reduced litter by half, these miniature gardens installed around underground waste…

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Inspiring People

Tobacco firms to pay for cigarette butt clean-up in France

The French government has said the estimated €100million annual cost of reducing environmental pollution caused by cigarette butts will mainly be…

4 mins
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Sustainable Planet

How Recycling Cigarette Butts into Bricks can save money and tackle litter

Researchers in Australia have shown how industries could work together to recycle cigarette butts into the brick-making process, in a step-by-step…

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Sustainable Planet

The Netherlands introduces deposit scheme in 2023 on aluminium cans of 15 cents

From 2023, Dutch citizens will have to pay a 15-cent deposit when buying a can of soda. The Dutch government decided…

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Sustainable Planet

Trash bins in Melbourne’s waterways now filter over 500 million litres of water a day

Australia’s second largest city is cleaning up the Yarra River and surrounding waterways with newly installed “Seabins”, which work around the…

3 mins
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Better Society

UK Farmers call for customers’ number plates to be printed on takeaway bags to help stop litter

British farmers are calling for customers' number plates to be printed on takeaway bags as they are sick of motorists throwing…

3 mins
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Inspiring People

Brussels introduces €200 fine for cigarette butt littering

The Belgian capital has big plans for cigarette butts that are thrown on the street. In addition to raising awareness and…

3 mins
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Better Society

Picking up litter made fun and easy with this walking stick

In Amsterdam's ?? City forest, you can now borrow "Cleanwalk" canes, a walking stick and trash picker in one. This service…

2 mins
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Better Society

When junk comes alive: the scariest anti-littering campaign ever

#CleanMyCity is a series of urban cleanups initiated by app developer Macpaw. To promote their 2019 cleanup challenge, they created Junkman—the…

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Anton Damen: The ‘Plogging Man’ shows that a cleaner Netherlands is there for the taking, with his fight against plastic waste

Amsterdam is planting mini-gardens around trash cans with hopes to cut littering

Tobacco firms to pay for cigarette butt clean-up in France

How Recycling Cigarette Butts into Bricks can save money and tackle litter

The Netherlands introduces deposit scheme in 2023 on aluminium cans of 15 cents

Trash bins in Melbourne’s waterways now filter over 500 million litres of water a day

UK Farmers call for customers’ number plates to be printed on takeaway bags to help stop litter

Brussels introduces €200 fine for cigarette butt littering

Picking up litter made fun and easy with this walking stick

When junk comes alive: the scariest anti-littering campaign ever

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