How Car Trash Bags Massively Reduce Road Litter
Never drop litter from your car, as this attracts scavenging creatures. Use a car trash bag to keep litter with you until you get home.
One farmer wants fast food receipts to include vehicle registrations. So if people throw packaging out the window, they get fined, just like for speeding.
How to recycle cans (to avoid trapping wildlife)
It’s important before recycling cans to rinse any tempting food or liquid inside, then pop the lids inside (invest in a good tin opener to avoid jagged edges). Or pop the ring-pulls over the holes of drinks cans.
Then step on the can to pinch the rims together (above photo) to avoid birds or wildlife near recycling points or landfills getting stuck inside. Start a Cash for Cans scheme to raise money for your cause (can also take clean foil)
Keep Britain Tidy found that 80% of littered bottles and nearly 5% of littered cans, contain remains of tiny small mammals (shrews, bank voles and wood mice). Littered cans also attract snails, and can cut the feet of wildlife.
