Dublin City Council ban on the use of plastic refuse sacks to be extended to north inner city this year
The north inner city was found to be “seriously littered” in the survey, with seagulls contributing to the problem of ripped open waste bags on several streets.for the anti-litter business group, found litter levels nationally were broadly similar to the same time last year, despite the introduction last February of the deposit return scheme for cans and plastic bottles.
“However, it is clear from our survey that people continue to discard a wide range of litter types with flagrant disregard for their surroundings.” The north inner city was found to be “seriously littered” in the survey, with ripped open waste bags on several streets. Sherrard Street Upper was a particular blackspot with “bags of domestic rubbish, the contents of which have been ripped open and scattered about” An Taisce reported.
City areas occupied all but one of the bottom 10 places in the Ibal league table, despite some improvement in Limerick, and Mahon in Cork, which this time two years ago was the dirtiest place in the State.Galway replaced Waterford as the cleanest city on the list.
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