The United Nations have unanimously proclaimed that 20 September will be declared ‘World Cleanup Day’ on the official UN calendar from 2024. This is a small success and your support is appreciated! https://www.worldcleanupday.org/post/united-nations-adds-world-cleanup-day-to-un-international-calendar

But there is more to be done:

• Prohibit single-use plastics (in line with UN Sustainable development goals/EU directives)
• Implement plastic, glass and can deposit recycling schemes (operating in some form in 40 countries, though not yet in the UK, the majority of US states, France, and others)
• Mandate biodegradeable plastics
• Mandate biodegradeable or reusable sanitary protection, wet wipes, nappies and cigarette filters/butts
• Teach the ‘litter cycle’ in schools and beyond
• Appoint country litter tsars to prevent littering and preserve ecosystems
• Ban all pollution discharges from water companies
• Make littering culturally and flushing of sanitary protection, plastic wipes, cigarette butts unacceptable:
• Encourage the public to ‘bag-it and bin-it’ and ‘not to flush-it’Larger fines for litter and stronger monitoring and enforcement
• Share Spid's latest song or music video, it's called 'Bag It and Bin It'. https://youtu.be/bIp-l75jOXU and this campaign
• Support World Cleanup Day on 20th September 2024