More fines to deal with rubbish

More fines should be handed out to litterbugs as figures show the amount of rubbish left around Britain has rocketed in the last few decades, a report published yesterday said.

Since the 1960s, there has been a 500 percent increase in the level of litter strewn across the country, leaving local authorities with a clean-up bill of 500 million pounds ($690 million), the study said.

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and the Policy Exchange think tank which carried out the research called for a new national body to coordinate anti-littering initiatives and tougher action on offenders.