Litter volunteers spring into action

ONE of the most heartening trends around the country nowadays is the huge number of people taking part in voluntary litter-picking and other related works to tidy up their neighbourhoods.

Last year, more than 500,000 participated in 5,300 clean-ups during the annual National Spring Clean. Now running for 13 years and regarded as, arguably, Ireland’s most popular and successful anti-litter initiative, it will again take place through the month of April.

The campaign, organised by An Taisce and funded by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, encourages every sector of society to actively participate by conducting clean-ups in their own local environment.