Ford drivers in south-east worst litterers
Ford drivers in south-east are worst littering offenders, Keep Britain Tidy says
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Monday, 05, Oct 2009 12:38
By inthenews.co.uk staff.
Ford drivers in the south-east are the most likely motorists to throw litter from their cars, Keep Britain Tidy has found.
The anti-litter charity has said they will be sending their findings to the managing director of Ford, asking for car bins to be put in new models.
The results are the outcome of a month long campaign to encourage people to log instances of car littering on the Keep Britain Tidy website.
Over 6,000 people made online reports with the highest number of sightings in the south-east and lowest in the north-east.
Phil Barton, chief executive, Keep Britain Tidy said: "Car littering is disgusting, detrimental to the environment and dangerous.
"Through campaigning on this issue, we now have information that is valuable and important to our goal of influencing the law makers and the manufacturers to make a positive change towards ending this problem."
More than 700,000 bags of litter are collected each year from England's roads at huge cost to the public.
Keep Britain Tidy are campaigning to upgrade car littering to a motoring offence, with offenders given a point on their driving licence. The charity says 81 per cent of the population support their call for stiffer penalties.