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2.5 01 LITTER CAN HURT ANIMALS
The RSPCA receives more than 7,000 calls every
year about animals hurt by litter

Litter Facts
LITTER ON 95% OF STREETS
A national survey by Keep Wales Tidy found that only 02
4.8% of streets in Wales are completely litter free

03 IT FINDS ITS WAY TO THE SEA

80% of beach litter comes from the land

WALES RECYCLES HALF OF ITS WASTE 04
Wales currently recycles more than half its waste – more than any
other UK nation – but improvements still need to be made

05 RECYCLING REDUCES CARBON EMISSIONS

In the UK, recycling saves about 10-15 million tonnes of carbon
emissions a year, the equivalent of taking 3.2 million cars o— the road

SMOKING LITTER MOST COMMON 06
Smoking litter is the most common litter found on
the streets of Wales

07 ENORMOUS USE OF PLASTIC IN WALES
We use around 725,000 plastic bottles a day in Wales

CHEWING GUM IS LITTER 08
Chewing gum is litter and in 2016-17 is was
found on 62.7% of Wales’ streets

09 HALF ADMIT TO LITTERING

Research by Keep Wales Tidy found that half of people of
Wales admit to littering, and that people feel guilty about it