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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