Anti-litter campaign gets €500,000 boost
Around half a million euro was allocated to local authorities today to encourage the public to adopt a more responsible attitude towards litter.
Batt O’Keeffe, a Minister of State at the Environment Department, confirmed €500,000 was split among local authorities for public education and awareness initiatives on the negative effects of littering.
“We must make people who drop litter more conscious of the negative impact their actions have on our immediate surrounding,” he said.
Mr O’Keeffe urged local authorities and communities to work together to clean up their areas.
He said the grants would enable local authorities to engage in a wide range of activities aimed at encouraging a more responsible public attitude towards litter.
The grants, which were allocated to county and city councils, were designated to cover a broad variety of measures to raise public awareness and stimulate anti-litter activities.
The measures will include local media campaigns, group clean-ups, school competitions, production of anti-litter videos, posters, leaflets and exhibitions.
The projects to benefit from the grant aid will be selected by local authorities.
Around €50,000 from the €500,000 cache was granted to Dublin City Council for its initiatives, while Carlow County Council benefited from €14,000.
