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Litter

Bruscar Busters

Deposit Return Scheme contributing to lower litter levels, says annual litter survey

24 Jun 2024

11.4k

103

Waste Management

Trashing the place: 'The actual state of litter in Ireland'

Niamh O'Reilly

2 May 2024

14.4k

Dublin City Council

Public toilet for dogs installed in Dublin

18 Apr 2023

40.6k

Cleanup

Irish cities improving on litter but still struggling to stay clean

9 Jan 2023

6.9k

Recyling

Deposit-return scheme on bottles and cans to start rolling out in shops

28 Nov 2022

31.4k

Litter

'Gull-proof' bags trial could lead to plastic bags ban for waste collection in Dublin

25 Nov 2022

16.6k

IBAL

Litter levels on the rise in beaches and harbours

5 Sep 2022

12.9k

Ah here

Six-hour cleanup at north Dublin beach after sand is left strewn with beer bottles and plastic

19 Jul 2022

52.2k

Litter League

The number of litter blackspots around Ireland has been halved, survey finds

13 Jun 2022

13.0k

Survey

Littering in Irish urban centres increased during 2021 - here are the cleanest towns and cities

4 Jan 2022

24.3k

Litter

Poll: Would you intervene if you saw someone littering?

19 Oct 2021

24.9k

load of rubbish

Litter survey: Portlaoise cleanest town, Dublin's north inner city 'a litter blackspot'

18 Oct 2021

22.4k

litterbug

'Massive issue at the moment': Councils ask public to bin responsibly after recent litter increase

1 May 2021

30.5k

Dublin

'It's about personal responsibility': Increase in Dublin littering linked to pandemic and good weather

2 Apr 2021

16.7k

What a waste

Poll: Have you noticed more litter in your area during lockdown?

27 Feb 2021

29.0k

Opinion: 'The litter-picker was in the post. I was snookered'

Rory McNab

27 Feb 2021

40.0k

Rubbish

There's been an increase in coffee-cup and PPE litter since the pandemic began

25 Jan 2021

13.7k

Tidy Towns

'I would have been lost without it': Older volunteers say Tidy Towns has been a lifeline during lockdown

17 Oct 2020

22.5k

Masks

Several towns and cities lose 'clean' status amid increase in PPE litter around the country

12 Oct 2020

24.5k

plastic waste

Deer found dead with 7kg of plastic bags, underwear and towels in stomach in Thailand

27 Nov 2019

24.0k

big beach clean

This initiative is calling for people to clean up marine litter from Irish coasts this weekend

21 Sep 2019

7.7k

IBAL

Survey finds majority of Irish beaches and rivers are polluted: these are the biggest blackspots

26 Aug 2019

46.0k

kick the habit

Littering could literally be halved if cigarette butts weren't thrown on the ground

12 Jul 2019

12.9k

good clean fight

Fermoy declared Ireland's cleanest town

7 Jan 2019

27.1k

litterbugs

Poll: Would you challenge a randomer you saw littering in public?

2 Dec 2018

4.3k

litter blackspots

Dublin City Council is going to spend €1.6 million to remove chewing gum

13 Nov 2018

12.8k

Dog Poo

Just four dog poo fines were issued in Dublin City so far this year

8 Nov 2018

11.0k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Should plastic bottles be banned from Irish beaches?

13 Aug 2018

32.3k

124

dumping

The government is giving €200k to local councils to hold mattress amnesties

23 Jul 2018

35.1k

Litter

'A minority spoiling it for everyone': Increase in rubbish left in Dublin and Wicklow mountains during hot spell

14 Jul 2018

13.7k

exhaust fumes

Ireland plans to ban sale of new cars with tailpipes by 2030

30 Jun 2018

29.4k

kicking bad habits

Government to increase on-the-spot litter fines to €250

18 Jun 2018

12.1k

pilot project

Illegal dumping being tackled through Eircodes investigation

9 Jun 2018

20.4k

marine litter

Plastic straws, cutlery and cotton buds could be banned across the EU

28 May 2018

15.5k

Grand Canal

Dublin City Council received 19 complaints on Friday about litter

26 Apr 2018

17.1k

St Cuthbert’s

Residents trying to reclaim Dublin park after intimidation, drug dealing and burnt out cars

12 Nov 2017

47.1k

IBAL

Tullamore tops rankings of Ireland's cleanest towns

4 Sep 2017

14.8k

Dumped

'There's a lack of civic respect' - Call for an end to illegal dumping

5 Aug 2017

12.2k

litterbugs

This Cork village claims it could raise €19,000 per day if it fines everyone who litters

7 Jul 2017

22.9k

lunch crunch

Poll: Have you ever asked someone to pick up their litter?

21 Jun 2017

15.4k

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