# litter - Sunday 2 December, 2018
From The Daily Edge Litterbugs
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Tell us; where do you stand on this?
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# litter - Tuesday 13 November, 2018
There’s a litter fine of €150 for those who throw chewing gum on the ground.
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# litter - Thursday 8 November, 2018
Out of the four fines issued this year, just one was paid.
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# litter - Monday 13 August, 2018
40% of Irish rivers, beaches and harbours were littered or heavily littered, according to a new survey.
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# litter - Monday 23 July, 2018
“It’s ludicrous – you have amnesties for knives and guns – not bloody mattress amnesties,” one councillor said.
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# litter - Saturday 14 July, 2018
Volunteers who have been clearing the litter have found whole campsites left behind by people who stayed overnight.
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# litter - Saturday 30 June, 2018
The government are also exploring ways of reducing cigarette butt litter.
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# litter - Monday 18 June, 2018
A litter report showed that cigarettes make up half of street litter.
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# litter - Saturday 9 June, 2018
Sligo County Council launched the new pilot project in March.
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# litter - Monday 28 May, 2018
Some 500,000 tonnes of plastic waste from the EU end up in the sea every year.
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# litter - Thursday 26 April, 2018
A senator said that she was “disgusted” at images of Dublin’s canal after Friday and Saturday night.
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# litter - Sunday 12 November, 2017
One local woman says problems in the area have “got progressively worse over the years”.
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# litter - Monday 4 September, 2017
Irish Business Against Litter said that overall, this year had the best result yet for Ireland in its litter survey.
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# litter - Saturday 5 August, 2017
Dumping is seen around parks in the city.
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# litter - Friday 7 July, 2017
Glounthaune village sees 130 littering offences every day.
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# litter - Wednesday 21 June, 2017
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
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# litter - Monday 19 June, 2017
Broken bottles, dirty nappies, discarded shoes, towels and backpacks were left behind on a Cork beach.
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“Some people just put rubbish on the street because they know the council will come and take it away.”
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# litter - Thursday 11 May, 2017
Not picking up after your dog can land you with a fine of up to €150.
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# litter - Saturday 11 March, 2017
Minister Denis Naughten is to launch the new project in Galway on Monday
# litter - Sunday 26 February, 2017
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# litter - Tuesday 21 February, 2017
“The council don’t appear to give the issue of illegal dumping the attention it deserves,” one councillor said.
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# litter - Tuesday 3 January, 2017
A number of towns, including Bray, Castlebar and the cities of Dublin, Limerick and Galway are considered littered.
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# litter - Sunday 1 January, 2017
Well over half of its area is completely unpolluted by litter, well ahead of its nearest competitors.
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# litter - Tuesday 20 December, 2016
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The bins compact the litter so they can hold more.
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# litter - Monday 26 September, 2016
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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Those who litter have been urged to exercise personal responsibility.
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# litter - Monday 5 September, 2016
Sweet papers were the most common form of litter on our streets, followed by fast food wrappers, cigarette butts and chewing gum.
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# litter - Friday 17 June, 2016
Don’t sit beside me if there are other free seats on the bus. Just don’t do it.
# litter - Tuesday 14 July, 2015
“To suggest … that Dublin City Council is complacent fails to recognise the scale of the challenge.”
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# litter - Monday 29 June, 2015
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?
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# litter - Wednesday 22 April, 2015
Research has found that plastic litter can smother marine life in just nine weeks.
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# litter - Wednesday 28 January, 2015
They’ve had enough.
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# litter - Monday 5 January, 2015
85% of our towns and cities were clean to European norms last year
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# litter - Saturday 1 November, 2014
“Everybody is fed up with littering on our streets and at Halloween it happens on an industrial scale.”
# litter - Sunday 24 August, 2014
# litter - Monday 18 August, 2014
The good news is that 75% of towns and cities were found to be as clean or cleaner than European counterparts.
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# litter - Wednesday 23 July, 2014
Clondalkin residents are concerned about rats seen near the local bus stop and in the field where children play.
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# litter - Tuesday 13 May, 2014
Needles, dead birds, and shopping trolleys: just some of the stuff that you’ll need to clean as a litter warden in Dublin.
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# litter - Thursday 1 May, 2014
Independent TD Finian McGrath has said the issue of dog litter is “under the radar” and not discussed enough.
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