Paul Rouse: None of our sporting organisations are serious about the environment

It does not seem to matter if a match in played in a dedicated sports ground owned by a club or in a public park – people seem to have no difficulty in leaving behind whatever suits them.

SPORT NEEDS TO GET SERIOUS: An art installation depicting the inside of a whale lined with plastic waste is seen in Busan on November 25, 2024, before the opening of the Fifth session of UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5).Pic: ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP

When you walk down the sideline after a match, there is always litter.

This is a truism that holds for every sport. In recent months, along the sidelines of pitches that have played host to Gaelic football and hurling, hockey and camogie, soccer and rugby, Camogie and LGFA, there has been enough rubbish to fill several skips.