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Together, these four major sources comprised more than 59% of all litter found.
BBC: Volunteers scoured beaches for rubbish
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In its snapshot survey, Talacre was found to have 645 items of litter, but the MCS said it was still one of the cleanest.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | North East Wales | Beach faces tide and untidyness
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Once he found a three-piece suit wadded in a litter basket on a corner near a dry cleaner's shop.
WSJ: Life Among the 'Garbage Faeries' : Inside the Sanitation Department
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Northern Ireland's beaches are some of the untidiest in the UK, with litter levels per kilometre more than double that found on most other beaches.
BBC: High tide of rubbish on Northern Irish beaches
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He said he hoped the move would also reduce litter, with hundreds of cans and bottles regularly found on derelict land next to the high street.
BBC: Empty beer cans in Quarry Bank
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Wales recorded the highest density of beach litter, with more than 2, 600 items found on every kilometre of coastline surveyed, followed by England, Scotland, the Channel Islands and Northern Ireland.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | Welsh beaches are most littered
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An investigation held into the disaster found the fire had probably been caused by a lit cigarette dropped under the all-wooden stand, igniting litter underneath the steps.
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