Cork city must combat ‘litter blackspot’

CORK city has been branded a litter blackspot in the latest survey results announced by Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) — and the city council is not doing enough to counteract it.

In the most recent results in the 2003 Anti-Litter League, conducted by An Taisce on behalf of IBAL, Cork received a rating of 59 points which puts it squarely in the blackspot category, along with eight other areas in the nationwide study.

Local authorities here have given a mixed response to IBAL’s campaign: some see the economic importance of a clean environment, others do not and so do as little as possible.