Around the county the amount of litter being dumped illegally is a blight on our community and our business potential according to Athy’s FG Cllr Richard Daly.
From the N7 and N9 to the Grand Canal Kildare’s litter situation is becoming chronic as the summer and the tourist season begins. Black plastic bags float on our canals and lie on the banks of our rivers. Our forests and our bogs have become the final resting place for fridges and mattresses and soiled nappies are being shredded by nightime predators in the wild.
Yes, there are many of us who have expressed the opinion that waivers for refuse collection should be nationally available for social welfare and low income families but this in no way excuses the level of refuse dumping from whatever socio economic group is responsible.
Our Civic Amenity centres freely accept electrical goods so there is no excuse for the dumping of the cookers, fridges, TVs, etc wantonly in the environment. Recyclable material can also be freely disposed of at these locations. An information campaign on times of opening and cost of disposal could indeed be of benefit.
Hundreds of thousands of euro are being wasted by local authorities trying to combat the fly tipping on a daily basis and this is taxpayers money which could be used more beneficially at a time of shortage. This littering is costing us money and it is also acting as a deterrent to those who might be attracted to visit our potentially beautiful county as tourists or even locate here.
Very very stiff penalties need to be imposed on the perpetrators of this illegal dumping. These are not just unhygienic and mean people but they are also damaging our economic progress. At the very time when we need to work together to stimulate economic recovery we are being let down by those who are turning our county into a rubbish tip
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