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Dob In A Litterer

It is generally recognised that litter prevention needs an integrated approach involving education, infrastructure and enforcement.

 
Education
  • Each year we use Keep Australia Beautiful Week to raise awareness of important environmental issues via a national communications and publicity campaign.
  • The ‘Trash My Ad’ competition encourages students to create a Litter Prevention TV or Radio Commercial.
  • Keep Australia Beautiful runs education and schools participation programs in most states and territories. 
Infrastructure
  • Resource recovery and litter abatement-infrastructure is a key element in the judging of the Australian Sustainable Communities Awards.
  • In 2010 the Beverage Container Recycling Grants were funded by the Coca-Cola Foundation. Twenty one local communities across the country received funding to increase the recycling of beverage containers. From the reports received so far a total of $130,016 provided in grant funding resulted in 215,440 kilos of recycled material at an average cost of 60c per kilo.
 

Enforcement

In many states and territories council officers and/or police can issue littering fines. Members of the public can also get involved through the ‘Dob in a Litterer’ scheme. In states and territories where this scheme exists it can result in a warning letter or a fine being issued to the person responsible for the litter.
 
Old KAB 'Dob in a Litterer' TV Commercial
 
Below are details of the state and territory programs.

Click on the left hand link to find details of the state and territory Government run 'Dob in a Litterer' Program.

Click on the right hand link to contact the relevant state or territory office of the Keep Australia Beautiful Network.
 

NSW
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VIC
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QLD
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WA
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SA
Currently no ‘Dob in a Litterer’ program in SA

TAS
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ACT
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NT
Currently no ‘Dob in a Litterer’ program in NT KABNT

NATIONAL

  
Currently no ‘Dob in a Litterer’ program Nationally KABNA
 

An innovative approach to litter enforcement from Ireland:
 
Litter Twitter campaign targets blackspots
 
By Seán McCárthaigh, Monday, August 23, 2010
 
CITIZENS can alert local authorities to litter blackspots under an initiative by the Irish Business Against Litter organisation after its latest survey showed a fall-off in the number of litter-free towns.
Read more

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