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BCP COUNCIL handed out ZERO fines for littering offences for the past 12 months, the Daily Echo can reveal.

MORE than 3,000 pieces of litter was picked up on Monday morning... by ONE man... on ONE road.

BEACHGOERS must be “responsible for their actions” following mass littering on Bournemouth Beach on the hottest day of the year.

A BOURNEMOUTH resident has argued that the council’s response to littering in the town is “not acceptable”.

More people are putting sustainability at the top of the agenda when choosing where to live

MORE than a year into the pandemic and the sight of a discarded facemask has become a far too familiar sight for many residents. Despite three lockdowns of experience and chances to improve, far too many people continue to leave rubbish dumped across BCP’s beauty spots, town centres and residential communities. However, it is not all doom and gloom as the continuing issue of litterbugs in our area has failed to deter the hardy volunteers involved in Dorset Devils. Peter Ryan, who set ...

I READ with interest the letter from Rev Paul A Newman of April 7 complaining about why recyclable beach waste was not being separated by contractors and volunteer litter pickers. As founder of our local voluntary litter picking group, Dorset Devils we are extremely keen for as much waste to be recycled as possible. Unfortunately, due to extremely high rates of contaminated litter being placed into the beach front recycle bins by beach users, bin collections now combine both general and r...