Only 12 firms may be producing two-thirds of litter dropped in the UK, but a growing army of people are picking it up, and their ranks increased during lockdowns as people spent a lot more time at home. Keep Britain Tidy's #LitterHeroes Facebook group doubled its membership and got an unprecedented volume of requests for litter-picking kits. Leaders of community groups that lend pickers, gloves and even hi-vis vests to neighbors, call it heartwarming. Says Claire on the UK Litterpicking Groups Facebook page, which has 8,000 members: I feel like a guardian of the galaxy: a small part of it, but it's mine to love.

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