# litter - Tuesday 19 October, 2021
# Litter
# Litter
Litter in the country’s main cities has worsened to levels not seen in ten years, a new survey shows.
# litter - Monday 18 October, 2021
# Load Of Rubbish
# Load Of Rubbish
Litter in the country’s main cities has worsened to levels not seen in ten years, according to Irish Business Against Litter .
# litter - Saturday 1 May, 2021
# Litterbug
# Litterbug
Cork County Council said it anticipates an increase in waste from day trips and staycations this summer.
# litter - Friday 2 April, 2021
# Dublin
# Dublin
Images online showed green spaces filled with rubbish earlier this week.
# litter - Saturday 27 February, 2021
# What A Waste
# What A Waste
Fine Gael Senator Regina Doherty recently hit out at the “phenomenal” amount of dog faeces in Irish villages.
Rory McNab shares his newfound love of collecting litter along Dublin’s Grand Canal, which has provided an unexpected pick-me-up in lockdown.
# litter - Monday 25 January, 2021
# Rubbish
# Rubbish
While the survey indicated that the majority of towns deteriorated during the pandemic, Kilkenny maintained its “pristine condition”.
# litter - Saturday 17 October, 2020
# Tidy Towns
# Tidy Towns
Volunteers said the amount of litter has been “particularly bad” during the pandemic.
# litter - Monday 12 October, 2020
# Masks
# Masks
Dublin, Galway and Limerick city centres all lost their ‘clean’ status, according to a new survey.
# litter - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
# Plastic Waste
# Plastic Waste
Plastic bags containing coffee grounds, instant noodle packs and other items were found in the deer’s stomach.
# litter - Saturday 21 September, 2019
# Big Beach Clean
# Big Beach Clean
Events for the Big Beach Clean 2019 are happening around the country this weekend.
# litter - Monday 26 August, 2019
# IBAL
# IBAL
The most common forms of litter found by the assessors were food wrappers, plastic bottles, cans and cigarette butts.
# litter - Friday 12 July, 2019
# Kick The Habit
# Kick The Habit
The 2018 National Litter Pollution Monitoring System Report has highlighted the extent of the problem
# litter - Monday 7 January, 2019
# Good Clean Fight
# Good Clean Fight
Galway City Ballybane and Dublin North Inner City came in at the bottom of the rankings, described as “seriously littered”.
# litter - Sunday 2 December, 2018
# Litterbugs
From The Daily Edge
# Litterbugs
Tell us; where do you stand on this?
# litter - Tuesday 13 November, 2018
# Litter Blackspots
# Litter Blackspots
There’s a litter fine of €150 for those who throw chewing gum on the ground.
# litter - Thursday 8 November, 2018
# Dog Poo
# Dog Poo
Out of the four fines issued this year, just one was paid.
# litter - Monday 13 August, 2018
# Your Say
# Your Say
40% of Irish rivers, beaches and harbours were littered or heavily littered, according to a new survey.
# litter - Monday 23 July, 2018
# Dumping
# Dumping
“It’s ludicrous – you have amnesties for knives and guns – not bloody mattress amnesties,” one councillor said.
# litter - Saturday 14 July, 2018
# Litter
# Litter
Volunteers who have been clearing the litter have found whole campsites left behind by people who stayed overnight.
# litter - Saturday 30 June, 2018
# Exhaust Fumes
# Exhaust Fumes
The government are also exploring ways of reducing cigarette butt litter.
# litter - Monday 18 June, 2018
# Kicking Bad Habits
# Kicking Bad Habits
A litter report showed that cigarettes make up half of street litter.
# litter - Saturday 9 June, 2018
# Pilot Project
# Pilot Project
Sligo County Council launched the new pilot project in March.
# litter - Monday 28 May, 2018
# Marine Litter
# Marine Litter
Some 500,000 tonnes of plastic waste from the EU end up in the sea every year.
# litter - Thursday 26 April, 2018
# Grand Canal
# Grand Canal
A senator said that she was “disgusted” at images of Dublin’s canal after Friday and Saturday night.
# litter - Sunday 12 November, 2017
# St Cuthbert’s
# St Cuthbert’s
One local woman says problems in the area have “got progressively worse over the years”.
# litter - Monday 4 September, 2017
# IBAL
# IBAL
Irish Business Against Litter said that overall, this year had the best result yet for Ireland in its litter survey.
# litter - Saturday 5 August, 2017
# Dumped
# Dumped
Dumping is seen around parks in the city.
# litter - Friday 7 July, 2017
# Litterbugs
# Litterbugs
Glounthaune village sees 130 littering offences every day.
# litter - Wednesday 21 June, 2017
# Lunch Crunch
# Lunch Crunch
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
# litter - Monday 19 June, 2017
# Litter
# Litter
Broken bottles, dirty nappies, discarded shoes, towels and backpacks were left behind on a Cork beach.
# Dublin
# Dublin
“Some people just put rubbish on the street because they know the council will come and take it away.”
# litter - Thursday 11 May, 2017
# Dog Mess
# Dog Mess
Not picking up after your dog can land you with a fine of up to €150.
# litter - Saturday 11 March, 2017
# Fly My Pretties
# Fly My Pretties
Minister Denis Naughten is to launch the new project in Galway on Monday
# litter - Sunday 26 February, 2017
We look at international solutions to dirty litter habits – and whether they would be effective here.
# litter - Tuesday 21 February, 2017
# Illegal Dumping
# Illegal Dumping
“The council don’t appear to give the issue of illegal dumping the attention it deserves,” one councillor said.
# litter - Tuesday 3 January, 2017
# Lilywhiter Than White
# Lilywhiter Than White
A number of towns, including Bray, Castlebar and the cities of Dublin, Limerick and Galway are considered littered.
# litter - Sunday 1 January, 2017
# Smart Bins
# Smart Bins
Well over half of its area is completely unpolluted by litter, well ahead of its nearest competitors.
# litter - Tuesday 20 December, 2016
# Litter
# Litter
The bins compact the litter so they can hold more.
# litter - Monday 26 September, 2016
# You Can Tell Us
# You Can Tell Us
There has been an increase in the number of areas surveyed deemed to be litter free from 12.3% in 2014 to 16.4% in 2015.
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