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Dish dirt on filthy litter bugs.


j PRIZE for the incredible statistic of the last week must go to the claim that 40 per cent of people here think it's OK to drop litter.

The City Centre Manager in Derry got it right earlier this month that people who drop rubbish on the street should be named and shamed.

Jim Roddy said the council spent almost pounds 2million on cleaning last year and, according to according to
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 Tidy Northern Ireland TIDY Northern Ireland is the organisation which runs the Keep Northern Ireland Tidy Campaign, and manages a number of local environmental quality programmes such as Blue Flag, Borough Cleanliness Survey, TIDY Communities, TIDY Business and Eco-Schools. , the total spend is almost pounds 30million.

You don't need to be in a recession to show that naming offenders makes perfect sense.

If naming and shaming a few glipes caught on CCTV CCTV
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 dropping litter can save us even a fraction of that pounds 30million surely it's worth a try.

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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Oct 7, 2009
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