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A person holding a white human skull made of plastic.

Spring clean volunteers collect 472 bags of litter

Lots of plastic, including a skull, are collected by 200 volunteers across Peterborough.

A Guernsey Police car in the usual green and blue police branding parked up on the road over looking a beach with lots of people sat on it and swimming in the sea. There is an officer sat in the car looking out at the people with the car door open.

Police plea to take beach litter home

The appeal from police comes after "a concerning amount of litter" was found in some areas.

A man flytipping out of the back of his car

Flytipper fined £2k after being caught on CCTV

The perpetrator was captured on camera illegally dumping waste two miles from a recycling centre.

A haul of rubbish dumped at the bottom of a slope in a wooded area, There are wicker chairs with metal arms, a foldable white table and multiple black bin bags of household rubbish.

Driver fined for dumping household waste near tip

The perpetrator was captured on CCTV, illegally dumping waste two miles from a recycling centre.

Three people stand inside a busy shopping centre beside a bright EcoVend reverse‑vending machine, which collects empty plastic bottles and cans. The group appear to be staff or project partners, wearing uniforms and lanyards as they pose for the photo. Behind them, high‑street shops and food outlets form the backdrop, emphasising the machine’s prominent position in a public retail space. The EcoVend unit displays messaging about turning recyclables into in‑store rewards, along with logos of participating local businesses.

Litter Wombles launch second recycling machine

Bottles and cans are exchanged for a printed ticket that can be swapped for rewards.

Many broken roof tiles are piled on the floor of a grassy bridleway. Further down is a blue tarp covering more waste, and also a white sofa.

'Disgusting' fly-tipping found on village path

Roof tiles and a sofa are among the waste dumped in the Somerset village.

The picture shows Cobo beach on Guernsey's west coast on a sunny day with a blue sky

Plastic still biggest pollutant on island beaches

Plastic makes up 77% of the rubbish collected from Guernsey's shores, a report finds.

Fifty nine red plastic bin bags full of litter collected from Mermaid Quay in Cardiff Bay.

Children's car seat and rubber ducks found in bay clean-up

More than 50 bags of litter have been collected from Mermaid Quay in Cardiff Bay.

A man with grey hair wearing a blue striped shirt and red jumper looking directly at the camera. He is sitting in a garden in the background are chairs, grass and buildings.

'I've stopped paying council tax over fly-tipping'

The council says it clears litter, but Simon Harris says he has not ruled out legal action.

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