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Intro: Fag ends and sweetie papers are the bane of officials attempting to keep the Province tidy.
While the number of 'litter-louts' in Ulster has dropped for the third year in a row, smokers and sweet-eaters are still a problem, new figures reveal.
Anti-trash charity TIDY Northern Ireland claimed in a survey that the number of streets meeting Government cleanliness targets has increased.
But there is still a long way to go - with cigarette butts and paper, confectionery wrappers and chewing gum the most commonly found rubbish.
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