Clean Up Britain brings UK-first court case over motorway litter16/01/2024 National Highways is being taken to court in its own backyard over its alleged failure to deal with litter dropped along its network. |
Scale of roadside litter problem revealed28/02/2017 New statistics from Highways England have revealed that an average 83 bags of litter are collected on each mile of motorway every year. |
Drivers frustrated by littering motorists14/07/2016 Car litter louts are the biggest bugbear for drivers, according to a new AA Populus poll. |
Thousands of sacks of litter collected from Yorkshire’s motorways19/05/2016 More than 4,000 sacks of litter have been collected from Yorkshire’s motorways so far this year. |
3,000 sacks of litter collected from England’s motorways13/04/2016 More than 3,000 sacks of litter were collected from England’s motorways during a three-day spring clean last month. |
Scotland TranServ launches anti-litter campaign25/06/2014 Scotland TranServ wants to reduce the amount of litter on the country’s trunk roads and has urged drivers to stop throwing rubbish out of their cars. |
£6m cost to collect litter on motorways09/04/2014 The amount of litter collected by the Highways Agency in a year could fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool four times over. |
Call for drivers to help reduce roadside litter05/02/2014 A plan to reduce the amount of litter on the UK’s motorway and strategic road network has been unveiled by the Highways Agency. |
Roadside litter a problem in Scotland28/05/2013 More than 1,800 tonnes of litter are being cleared from the sides of Scotland’s road and rail routes every year. |
Less litter means more maintenance cash25/08/2011 The Highways Agency is urging drivers to stop throwing litter out of their cars to free up more money for road maintenance. |
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