County-wide roadside litter clean-up in Tipperary to get underway next weekend

To raise awareness of the blight of roadside litter, Tipperary County Council is supporting a Countywide Clean-up from October 11-13.

We are encouraging everyone to join in this county wide clean-up event. Get together as a group, rally your neighbours, friends, work colleagues or join with your local Tidy Towns group, residents group or sports clubs and lets all work together as a team to help keep our communities clean.

Solving the county’s litter problem is not easy. The campaign is urging everyone to take personal responsibility for disposing of their litter correctly to Keep Tipp Litter Free and to protect our environment for now and future generations.

Speaking at the launch of the Team Tipp County Clean-Up, Cathaoirleach of Tipperary County Council, Councillor Declan Burgess, said: “I am delighted to be launching the 2024 County Clean-Up here in my home town of Cashel. We are seeing more and more indiscriminate dumping of litter on the approach roads to our towns and villages. This is not what we want visitors to be greeted with when they visit our County. Not alone is this creating a poor impression, but litter has a detrimental effect on our environment and public health. Those responsible for roadside littering are undermining the fantastic work carried out by committed volunteers and Tidy Town groups, who work alongside Tipperary County Council to keep the County clean. We all have a part to play in keeping Tipperary Tidy.”

Getting involved is easy, interested groups should register by visiting www.tipperarycoco.ie/environment/environment/environment-latest-news/2024/registration-open-tipp-team-county-clean and follow the link to register by October 4 to receive a free litter pick pack which will be available for collection from County Council Offices in Nenagh, Clonmel, Thurles, Tipperary and Carrick-on-Suir from Tuesday, October 8.

Litter collected in specially branded bags will be accepted free of charge at any of Tipperary County Council’s Recycling Centres the week after the Clean-up from October 14 to 19. Collections can also be arranged by contacting the Environment and Climate Action Section on 0818 06 5000 or emailing litterpick@tipperarycoco.ie

Photo’s submitted of clean-ups will be entered in a prize draw for some great prizes. Photos can be emailed to litterpick@tipperarycoco.ie.

To find out more visit www.tipperarycoco.ie or call the Environment & Climate Action Section on 0818 06 5000.

Let’s all work together to give our countryside a helping hand and keep our county clean.