# 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.
# Butt Out
# Butt Out
Those who litter have been urged to exercise personal responsibility.
# litter - Monday 5 September, 2016
# Load Of Rubbish
# Load Of Rubbish
Sweet papers were the most common form of litter on our streets, followed by fast food wrappers, cigarette butts and chewing gum.
# litter - Friday 17 June, 2016
# Sponsored Gum Litter Taskforce
# Sponsored Gum Litter Taskforce
Don’t sit beside me if there are other free seats on the bus. Just don’t do it.
# litter - Tuesday 14 July, 2015
# Working 24/7
# Working 24/7
“To suggest … that Dublin City Council is complacent fails to recognise the scale of the challenge.”
# litter - Monday 29 June, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
We’re fond of saying that, when the sun shines, there is nowhere in the world more beautiful than Ireland… But what about our growing litter problem?
# litter - Wednesday 22 April, 2015
# Litter
# Litter
Research has found that plastic litter can smother marine life in just nine weeks.
# litter - Wednesday 28 January, 2015
# Rubbish Behaviour
From The Daily Edge
# Rubbish Behaviour
They’ve had enough.
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