Julie Hepworth has written to the Gazette & Herald and Malton Mercury regarding the continued problem of litter.
Dear Sir, 
I write in complete agreement with Ross Richardson in his letter about Litter louts spoiling the views on the Moors.
The issues of litter and fly tipping were eloquently put and it is becoming a very serious matter. [...]

Councillor Julie Hepworth attended the school assembly on Monday to present 2 certificates. The first from Pride in Pickering Litter Group for one of the Tidiest Grounds in Town and the second certificate from the CPRE, a commendation for looking after their environment. This rewards the school council for their hard work on Litter.
Julie [...]

The Daily Telegraph has published a piece about how litter is blighting Britain - read it here.

On Wednesday 24th February Julie Hepworth from CPRE Ryedale spoke on BBC Radio York about the subject of litter.  Listen to the clip here sound-clip-01

After the success of the first event, a second litter pick has been arranged for Saturday 28th March 2009.  Meeting at 9am the group of volunteers will pick up rubbish from the verges between the Copmanthorpe bus shelter and Askham Bryan village.  Volunteers are welcome; high visibility vests, tongs and gloves will be provided although [...]

word-pro-08-cpre-minutes-agm-nov   Minutes of the Ryedale district AGM can be downloaded here.

York and Selby District held a ‘Stop the Drop’ litter pick on Saturday 15th November.  The event was organised in conjunction with the City of York Council and Copmanthorpe Parish Council.  The team of 16 volunteers recovered 47 bags of rubbish from the verges and Sustrans cycle track.

CPRE National Office have just launched a competition on Bill Bryson’s Facebook page that may be of interest to everyone!  As a way of highlighting the litter problem, Bill is asking people to take a photo of incidents of litter or fly-tipping on any weekend until 1 December 2008.
If you enter your photo(s) into the Stop the Drop litter [...]

The Ryedale branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England did their bit to clean up the local area when holding a litter pick on Saturday November 1st.   The ‘Stop the Drop’ campaign, launched earlier in the year by writer and conservationist Bill Bryson, aims to return the countryside to its former glory without the eyesore [...]

CPRE North Yorkshire has received a personal letter of support from CPRE President Bill Bryson for the recent ‘Stop the Drop’ work, which has been carried out throughout the region.