Several towns and cities lose 'clean' status amid increase in PPE litter around the country
Dublin, Galway and Limerick city centres all lost their ‘clean’ status, according to a new survey.
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Dublin, Galway and Limerick city centres all lost their ‘clean’ status, according to a new survey.
27 of the 40 towns and cities surveyed were deemed clean.
The most common forms of litter found by the assessors were food wrappers, plastic bottles, cans and cigarette butts.
Kilkenny comes out on top in the latest cleanliness survey for the group Irish Business Against Litter.
Galway City Ballybane and Dublin North Inner City came in at the bottom of the rankings, described as “seriously littered”.
Parts of Galway, Dublin and Cork were more heavily littered than in previous years.
Just four out of 50 areas inspected were found to be clean to European standards.
The runners up were Roscommon and last year’s winner Kildare.
Irish Business Against Litter said that overall, this year had the best result yet for Ireland in its litter survey.
We look at international solutions to dirty litter habits – and whether they would be effective here.
A number of towns, including Bray, Castlebar and the cities of Dublin, Limerick and Galway are considered littered.
A new survey says that, while most areas are generally clean, there is a “worrying slippage” in towns and cities.
Sweet papers were the most common form of litter on our streets, followed by fast food wrappers, cigarette butts and chewing gum.
The good news is that 75% of towns and cities were found to be as clean or cleaner than European counterparts.
A national litter survey has found that many Irish towns and cities are cleaner than our European counterparts.
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The Irish Business Against Litter Anti-Litter League 2013 results are out today.
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More than 80 per cent of Irish towns are clean or cleaner than the European average – but Dublin’s north inner city has been branded a blackspot.
An IBAL report says Ireland’s litter problem is improving – but Dublin’s north inner city and the environs of Dublin Airport are black spots.
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But a new litter survey has revealed mostly positive results about the Emerald Isle.
Just one third-level campus has been marked as “heavily littered” following the IBAL survey.
The Irish Business Against Litter group has named the outright winner among Ireland’s tidiest towns – and delivered some bad news for Dublin and Cork.
Dublin City BID says survey highlighting Dublin as a litter black spot has led to “misleading” and “damaging” headlines today.
Cigarette butts, fast food wrappings and chewing gum are again the biggest sources of litter around Ireland.
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