Scotland's Litter Problem

LITTER - IT ALL ADDS UP DIRECT COST INDIRECT COST Amount of public money spent on tackling litter and flytipping each year £53m The indirect impact of litter and flytipping to the economy is estimated to cost over £25m per year including £46m £25m £7m Amount spent on clearing up litter and flytipping Amount spent on enforcement and education This also has an impact on Scotland's mental health and wellbeing; health and safety; neighbourhood safety; wildlife and environment; property values. 15,000 250,000,000 items of litter cleared up every year in Scotland TONNES of litter cleared by local authorities every year At least 50% of this material could be recycled £1.2m Over half the worth of valuable materials in population the items littered every year of Scotland have littered At least 26,000 61,000 number of flytipping incidents each year TONNES of waste is illegally flytipped in Scotland each year Litter Flytipping 41,000 TONNES For the full report visit: ZeroWasteScotland.org.uk/ScotlandsLitterProblem @ZeroWasteScot ZERO WASTE The Scottish Government