Polite littering is a pointless problem – why the UK’s approach to tackling clean-up isn’t working

London city road side, pavement with black and red rectangular box with small white plastic bins in gap below, red buses in far background

Ever since I moved to London nearly a decade ago, I’ve always been fascinated by the drink cans, sandwich packets and free newspapers that are plastered over every nook and cranny of this beautiful city. I’ve coined the phrase “polite litterers” to refer to litter that is left in this way without people even realizing … Read more