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Litter: Regional Breakdown
Litter: Percentage of sites meeting an acceptable standard
Litter: The cost of street cleansing to local councils in 2013/14
Most commonly littered items
Composition of Litter
Fly tipping trends
Littering convictions
Source: Keep Britain Tidy, Local Environment Quality Survey of England 2013/14
Litter: Regional Breakdown
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Litter: Percentage of sites meeting an acceptable standard
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Yorkshire and The Humber83.0%
Yorkshire and The Humber83.0%
East of England92.7%
East of England92.7%
South East89.4%
South East89.4%
Greater London87.5%
Greater London87.5%
South West93.3%
South West93.3%
East Midlands92.8%
East Midlands92.8%
North West79.1%
North West79.1%
West Midlands94.7%
West Midlands94.7%
BEST
WORST
West Midlands
South West
East Midlands
East of England
South East
Greater London
North East
Yorks & Humber
North West
North East87.0%North East87.0%
Litter: The cost of street cleansing to local councils in 2013/14
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Source 1: Keep Britain Tidy, (LIT 065)
Source 2: Local Authority Revenue Expenditure and Financing 2013-14, Final Outturn, (Budget line 270)
Source 3: Keep Britain Tidy, (LIT 065)
£348million
£717million
£850million
Keep Britain Tidy’s estimate of the indirect cost of crime associated with litter1
Net expenditure by local authorities on street cleansing in 2013/142
Keep Britain Tidy’s estimate of the annual cost of cleaning up litter to local authorities3
Most commonly littered items
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Source: Keep Britain Tidy, Local Environment Quality Survey of England 2013/14
SmokingMaterials 73%
of sites
found on
ConfectionaryPacks
62.5%found on
of sites
Non-alcoholicdrinks related
52.9%found on
of sites
Fast-food- related
31.1%found on
of sites
Composition of Litter
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Source: INCPEN, Litter Composition Survey of England 2014
Smokers’ litter
ChewingGum
35.2%
26%
16%Food
Packagingand food
Source: DEFRA, Fly-tipping Statisics for England 2013/14The increase refers to figured from the previous year, 2012/13.
Fly tipping trends
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+20% +24%852,000
incidents of fly-tipping dealt
with
£45.2 MILLIONthe estimated cost
of clearance of fly-tipping
Two thirds of fly-tipping
involved household
waste
of 2,000 prosecutions for fly-tipping, 98%
resulted in a conviction
47%of incidents occured on highways
19%of household waste was in
black bags
19%of household waste was in
black bags
19%of household waste was in
black bags
19%of household waste was in
black bags
Littering convictions
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£2,500
maximum court fine for littering, 2014
5,500
people found guilty of littering offences in court, 2014
£75average Fixed Penalty Notice fine for littering
30,678Fixed Penalty Notices for
littering issued in 2008/09
average fine imposed by courts
for littering
£140just under