“Smoke Pole” Aims to Make Getting Rid of Cigarette Butts an Adventure

“Smoke Pole” Aims to Make Getting Rid of Cigarette Butts an Adventure

The “smoke pole” sings and lights up when cigarette butts are properly disposed of

40-Year-Old Yoghurt Pot Washes Up on British Beach

40-Year-Old Yoghurt Pot Washes Up on British Beach

25 tonnes of marine litter were collected from UK's beaches

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 7th, 2014
There Is Enough Trash on England's Roads to Fill 4 Olympic-Sized Pools

There Is Enough Trash on England's Roads to Fill 4 Olympic-Sized Pools

Cleaning up this trash costs about £6M (€7.25M / $9.93M) a year, report claims

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 27th, 2014
In 2013, British Beaches Were at Their Dirtiest in Two Decades

In 2013, British Beaches Were at Their Dirtiest in Two Decades

Volunteers recovered a whopping 2,390 items of rubbish per kilometer (0.62 miles)

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 5th, 2014
Everest Climbers Must Return to Base Camp with 8 Kg (18 Pounds) of Trash

Everest Climbers Must Return to Base Camp with 8 Kg (18 Pounds) of Trash

If they don't, they stand to lose $4,000 (€2,910), new rules say

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 4th, 2014
New App Lets People Report the Litter They Find on Beaches

New App Lets People Report the Litter They Find on Beaches

The app, dubbed Marine Litter Watch, is the brainchild of the European Environment Agency

Female Promiscuity to the Max: Cheating Cheetah

Female Promiscuity to the Max: Cheating Cheetah

Female cheetahs play it hard