WA only state to increase amount of litter

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WESTERN Australia is the country's most littered state - and the only state to have actually increased the amount of rubbish we throw away.

The National Litter Index 2009 report by Keep Australia Beautiful, released today, showed that while the volume of litter in WA was slightly down, there was in increase in the average number of items.

Cigarette butts were again the most common item dumped, with the number of butts littered increasing by 41 per cent since 2005.

Littering of plastic has increased 54.5 per cent over the last four years with paper/paperboard increasing by 60 per cent.

Keep Australia Beautiful Council WA chair Mel Hay said the figures were disappointing.

“Since the surveys started in 2005, there has been an overall trend of increasing amounts of litter and, based on number of items, WA is the most littered State in Australia,” Mr Hay said

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