Time to pick up on rubbish behaviour

UP TO 80% of litter in the countryside is deliberately thrown out of passing cars, a recent survey has shown.

People living near towns are well accustomed to the spectacle of takeaway food packaging, for instance, being strewn all over their roads after weekends. Having eaten their chips and burgers, selfish people just fling the cartons out the car windows.

People trying to deal with the littering problem, which is on the increase as the population rises and more cars go on the road, are looking for new solutions all the time.