Ballymun is the worst litter blackspot in the country.
The latest Irish Business Against Litter survey shows Kilkenny is the cleanest city nationwide.
Litter levels rose in 24 of the 37 towns and cities inspected at the end of 2020, with only 17 being deemed to be clean.
· Fewer than half of towns and cities now ‘clean’ – first time since 2007
· Sharp increase in coffee cup litter alongside PPE masks
· Kilkenny tops 2020 litter league rankings
· Councils failing to clean up heavily littered sites
IBAL spokesperson Conor Horgan said:
“Covid is clearly a factor here, but we should never accept litter as inevitable."
"It comes down to people disposing of their waste without regard for their surroundings or their fellow citizens and it is entirely unnecessary.”
Among the worst sites were Dry Dock in Dublin’s IFSC, Balbutcher Lane in Ballymun, where “there was litter everywhere“.
2020 IBAL ANTI-LITTER LEAGUE – FINAL RESULT
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Position |
Area | Classification |
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1 |
Kilkenny | Cleaner than European Norms |
|
2 |
Killarney | Cleaner than European Norms |
|
3 |
Ennis | Cleaner than European Norms |
|
4 |
Tullamore | Cleaner than European Norms |
|
5 |
Portlaoise | Clean to European Norms |
|
6 |
Fermoy | Clean to European Norms |
|
7 |
Bray | Clean to European Norms |
|
8 |
Waterford City Centre | Clean to European Norms |
|
9 |
Newbridge | Clean to European Norms |
|
10 |
Maynooth | Clean to European Norms |
|
11 |
Sligo | Clean to European Norms |
|
12 |
Castlebar | Clean to European Norms |
|
13 |
Gorey | Clean to European Norms |
|
14 |
Ranelagh | Clean to European Norms |
|
15 |
Letterkenny | Clean to European Norms |
|
16 |
Athlone | Clean to European Norms |
|
17 |
Tralee | Clean to European Norms |
|
18 |
Limerick City Centre | Moderately littered |
|
19 |
Galway City Centre | Moderately littered |
|
20 |
Roscommon | Moderately littered |
|
21 |
Drogheda | Moderately littered |
|
22 |
Waterford City - Ballybeg | Moderately littered |
|
23 |
Cavan | Moderately littered |
|
24 |
Cork City Centre | Moderately littered |
|
25 |
Longford | Moderately littered |
|
26 |
Galway Inner City - Ballybane | Moderately littered |
|
27 |
Monaghan | Moderately littered |
|
28 |
Dundalk | Moderately littered |
|
29 |
Dublin City Centre | Moderately littered |
|
30 |
Tipperary | Moderately littered |
|
31 |
Tallaght | Littered |
|
32 |
Mahon - Cork City | Littered |
|
33 |
Mullingar | Littered |
|
34 |
Navan | Littered |
|
35 |
Limerick City South - Galvone | Littered |
|
36 |
Dublin North Inner City | Seriously littered |
|
37 |
Ballymun | Seriously littered |
