- Litter Education
- Causes of littering
- Who Litters?
- Types of Litter
- Littering Behaviour
- Barriers to the disposal of litter
- Cultural and Social Attitudes
- Infrastructure Issues
- Social and Cultural Attitudes
- Infrastructure
- Rubbish Attracts Rubbish
- Excessive packaging
- Enforcement
Other Sites »
www.knzb.org.nz
Organisers of Clean up NZ week and local volunteer groups
www.ecoevents.org.nz
Check this site for local Auckland clean up events
www.sirpeterblaketrust.org
Teacher resources on litter
Littering Education > Infrastructure Issues> Enforcement
Enforcement
A lack of enforcement of litter penalties was raised as a problem in panel discussions conducted for the New Zealand Anti-litter Council in 1975, and one of the reported reasons given for littering was ‘nothing happens if you do litter’. Some campaigns, such as the 2001 ‘Litter and it will hurt’ campaign for the Washington State Department of Ecology focused entirely on this issue. It publicised an 0800 phone number for people to report litter thrown or falling from motor vehicles, so that people would feel that ‘someone was watching them’ and this would act as a deterrent.
If you would like Be a Tidy Kiwi to help out with litter education at your event, or in your area please contact your local council for more information.
