Smokers exposed as the worst litter offenders

THERE are no butts about it – smokers are the worst offenders when it comes to littering.

While Ireland as a whole is failing to clean up its act, smokers are the worst offenders, accounting for almost half the rubbish spoiling urban areas.

A national litter report prepared for the Department of the Environment shows a shocking 93.4% of public spaces monitored by local authorities last year were found to be at least slightly littered.