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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Rebecca Speare-Cole

Litter found in 90% of surveyed spots as campaigners call for national strategy

Bins and litter along Princes Street in Edinburgh city centre. File photo. (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Archive)

Campaigners are calling for a national litter strategy after most spots they surveyed in England over the last decade were blighted by the issue.

Teams from the green group Keep Britain Tidy walked a total of 1,140 miles across England between 2013 and 2024, identifying litter in a representative sample of urban and rural sites.

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