Throughout this blog I have made many references to the size, age, origin and impact of litter. If you have a grasp of those four elements you’re well positioned to determine the right course of action to reduce or start eliminating litter. (I Continue Reading 

As we start 2017, I wanted to share some information about a few simple Apps that I use constantly. These can be found in the App store, and all up would cost less than $10. I’m an Apple user, so I can’t speak to the availability of Continue Reading 

Sometimes you and your staff won’t have the time to delve too much into the details of litter, to generate a baseline, or create a site profile by establishing some historical trends. Often you will be looking for an immediate action, or perhaps Continue Reading 

When you understand the daily effort, you can refine the working parts, reduce the ineffective parts and wherever possible eliminate mere excessive repetition or redundant activities. It goes without saying that picking up litter and emptying Continue Reading 

Perhaps this may sound a little strange at first, but please bear with, and you may gain a new perspective for looking at the litter. Over the past several years I’ve developed a way of seeing litter as just one component of a much bigger Continue Reading 

Every council with public place bins has a method for emptying them, be that Council staff in a council truck, casual labour in a rented truck or perhaps a professional waste collection company. They can all achieve the desired result of empty Continue Reading 

What do we know about the public as they work and move through our towns and cities? How does that help us understand litter? We know where and when the public moves about our towns and cities. Peak hours, lunch periods, weekends and the like. Continue Reading 

I’d like to make a special welcome to international readers of this blog, in the first couple of month’s we have had hundreds of visitors from overseas. The United Kingdom and The United States have seen real interest in this Continue Reading