Messaging being lost under piles of unlawfully dumped rubbish

Despite all the anti-littering appeals, many people still don’t get the message, with unauthorised dumping  accelerating as a fundamental cause of litter pollution

Last year, Cork City Council received over 850 complaints of illegal dumping. Picture: iStock

How to catch people engaged in illegal dumping remains a tantalising problem. But are local authorities only helping the culprits by putting up notices that cameras have been placed in well-known dumping blackspots?

After getting that invaluable information, it’s obvious these people will only head off in some other direction with their rubbish…to where nobody can see them.