Kerry blighted by mountains of litter, say councillors

Famed for its lakes and high peaks, scenic Kerry county has an unwanted mountain — of litter. Over 220 tonnes of general litter and household waste was fly-tipped on roadsides, and at bottle banks, in the country’s top tourist county last year.

The volume of litter dumped illegally in the county in 2017 increased by almost 38 tonnes on the previous year, a local authority’s litter pollution report disclosed.

During the country’s yearly spring clean, over an April weekend, 67 tonnes of litter was collected on roadsides. On April 8 last, 50 tonnes was collected by thousands of volunteers.