Opinion

The UK’s worst litter brands revealed

Richard Hall16 Mar 2010

Shame on you, public at large. A recent survey by Litter Heroes collected 7,796 branded items of litter in British cities and found that the most common were …

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  • 34% drinks cans and bottles
  • 16% confectionery wrappers
  • 13% fast food
  • 10% cigarette packets
  • 8% crisp packets.

We should all put more pressure on those who litter

The five most prevalent brands were:

  • 4.9% Coca-​Cola
  • 4.1% Walkers crisps
  • 3.6% McDonald’s
  • 2.7% Cadbury
  • 2.0% Red Bull.

This leads me to three conclusions:

  • We should all put more pressure on those who litter.
  • We should also demand better facilities to collect litter and recycling.
  • We should ask Litter Heroes to include cigarette ends and gum next time, as I fear the wrappers would be heavily outnumbered by the contents. Literally.

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Richard Hall is chairman of Zenith International.

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