Technology central to Kerry plan to tackle dumping

Technology will be central to a five-year plan adopted in Kerry to target “the persistent” problem of litter with smart phone apps, mobile cameras and CCTV all being deployed to stop illegal dumping.

Killarney town council is to get tough on littering and hopes technology will be key to clamping down on a “persistent problem” that “can drag an entire area down”.

GIS — Geographic Information System — is to be used to create a database of litter black spots and then information from technology such as smart phone apps for litter wardens as well as mobile cameras and fixed CCTV around known dumping sites in green areas in Killarney will be fed into the system.