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WATCH: Volunteers at Barnes Common tackle growing litter problem

Litter pickers at Barnes Common are a small group of people who make a big difference by addressing waste in

Flytipping gang dump tons of rubbish on Tolworth industrial estate

A mountain of rubbish has been dumped on a Tolworth industrial estate at huge cost to a local landlord. Vanloads

‘Anti-social’ Earlsfield residents risk council tax increase over fly-tipped Christmas trees

Council tax cannot remain low if anti-social residents dump their old Christmas trees on Earlsfield’s streets, a Wandsworth Council spokesman

‘The street looks like a rubbish tip’: Tolworth residents organise clean-up to reclaim road plagued by flytipping

People living and working in a street in Tolworth are hoping to reclaim their road plagued by flytipping and anti-social

Prolific Tooting Common flytippers jailed for four years after string of environmental offences

Two flytippers responsible for dumping tonnes of rubbish on Tooting Common and across south London were both jailed for four

Brick of dawn: 7.5 tonnes of builders’ waste dumped during ‘appalling’ 4am Wallington flytipping

The perpetrators behinds one of the largest and ‘most dangerous’ cases of flytipping ever seen in Sutton are being hunted

Litter louts beware! Wandsworth Council crack down on fly tippers – those caught face £5,000 fine

Lazy Wandsworth residents tempted to dump bulky items on the borough’s streets should think twice as hefty fly-tip fines could

Community spirit strong in Merton as volunteers turn out for big spring clean

Summary: The first ever Big Merton Spring Clean has been hailed a big success. Image:  By Amani Hughes and Jack

Merton matters: Campaign group’s anti-littering crusade gets backing of council

Summary: The group will host the Big Merton Spring Clean on April 5. Image: By Jack Miller Littering in Merton

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