for LITTER FREE roads and public spaces
 in the parish of North Hill, Cornwall

 litter found

These are the types of litter regularly picked
on our quiet roads as well as the B3254 and
B3257
(all images are of litter picked in April 2008)

type	example	frequency
drinks cans	alcohol cans soft drinks	often
plastic bottles	water and soft drinks milk containers	often
food-on-the-go	sandwich containers fish & chip containers crisp packets	often
sweet wrappers	chocolate wrappers sweet wrappers	usually
cigarette litter	tobacco pouches cigarette packets	often
plastic	plastic carrier bags 4-pack can holder	usually
agricultural waste	black plastic and twine plastic sacks	often
vehicle pieces	metal, plastic and glass	often
glass	wine bottles	often
dog faeces in plastic bags		occasionally

Click here to find out some facts about litter >

DEFRA Report 2008
A recent report published by DEFRA (Sept 2008) details how well 175 councils have done in keeping streets clean. A list of councils which had a report done on them includes Cornwall's district councils.

This graph from the NCDC report (page 13) shows the incidence of types of general litter.

The report can be seen at http://www.encams.org/general/leqse_extended_reports.asp

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