Don't Trash Our Future: Join our campaign to toughen laws and tackle littering
manchestereveningnews.co.ukurging you sign a petition with the aim of reaching 100,000 signatures so we can lobby the Government to change the legislation.We’re also calling on councils to flex their muscles in the fight against rubbish and make far better use of the powers they already have available.A Freedom of Information request sent by Clean Up Britain to 169 councils in England and Wales found the majority (56%) were issuing less than one fine per week for littering and more than two dozen (16%) don’t issue fines at all.In a survey conducted by InYourArea.co.uk, more than 7,500 respondents overwhelmingly said littering has a negative effect on them and their neighbourhoods and classed it as a big problem.JB Gill, a former member of superstar pop group JLS who.
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