Fed up with roadside litter, area city and civic leaders last year launched a campaign to clean up their towns -- enlisting the aid of everyone from council members to jail inmates. Now officials in ...

An elderly volunteer litter picker has been handed a fine for accidentally leaving his walking stick by the roadside. Alan Davies was “shocked, angry and upset” to be penalised by Walsall Council when ...

A senior councillor has claimed civic minded volunteers are being asked to ‘pay for the privilege’ of giving up their time to improve parks and public places. Tottington Independent councillor Yvonne ...

Seaside litter-pickers say people need a greater incentive to stop dropping litter. Volunteers from the Brightening up Bridlington group do their best to keep the resort and beaches clean and tidy, ...