Litter Awareness in the Community
Promoting Litter Awareness in the Community
National Spring Clean
The National Spring Clean takes place annually in April. In 2011 over 100 groups registered to complete a local clean up. The Local Authority provided assistance to many groups by means of providing additional clean up supplies and by disposing the rubbish collected.
Team Up to Clean Up Kilkenny
The Local Authority ran a series of "litter pickathon" staff volunteer nights and litter picked 8 miles of grass verge on the city approach roads. These volunteer events were held in partnership with Keep Kilkenny Beautiful. Team up to Clean up Kilkenny is ongoing throughout the summer months with numerous groups in the city working with KKB in a bid to achieve maximum points in the Tidy Towns Competition.
Tidy Towns Competition
Kilkenny Local Authority is committed to assisting local tidy town groups. 2012 will be the third year a Tidy Town's National Adjudicator who offers advice on the competition will visit another 3 villages in the county to assist local groups before they submit their 2012 competition entry.
November 2011 saw all the Tidy Town groups honoured by the Chairman of the County Council, Cllr Paul Cuddihy who held a special evening to praise their volunteer effort and present them with a token of appreciation.
Primary and Secondary Schools Litter Education
The Story of the Litter Monster Puppet Show will be brought to over 10 schools in 2012 as part of the Mayor initiative to educate primary school children on the importance of keeping a litter free environment. The Environmental Awareness Officer (EAO) visits schools regularly to speak to classes on litter and explains how it negatively impacts our environment and outlines the steps the Local Authority takes to combat litter in Kilkenny. If you would like the EAO to visit your school, ring 056-7794470 to book a visit.
