Report: illegal dumping in county ‘getting worse’

PEOPLE applying for planning permission in Kerry are to be asked about their arrangements for waste disposal, after it emerged 25% of households in the county have no visible means of getting rid of their waste.

Illegal dumping is getting worse and there has been a marked increase in the number of complaints from the public, according to a detailed report presented to the county council.

Senior environment engineer Brian Sweeney said of the 44,000 households in Kerry, 11,000 could not show how they were disposing of their waste.