Interesting Fact # 1017 - Litter
A Keep Britain Tidy (KBT) survey found that 25% of English streets are littered with fast food rubbish. (This is up from 16% in 2002. The worst culprits were Britain's biggest fast food chain MacDonald's who accounted for 29% of the rubbish, with unbranded wrappings from local fish and chip or kebab shops in second place at 21%. Greggs the bakery accounted for 18%, KFC 8% and Subway/Coffee shops 5%. KBT wants retailers to make it easier to dispose of litter responsibly, but I think it's more of a reflection of the kind of people who eat the stuff, if they don't care what they put in their stomaches, they certainly don't care about where they put their rubbish, they just don't give a ....)