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Enjoy the fine weather in the West this weekend – and leave no trace

Wed, Jul 09, 2025

Galway City Council is inviting people to enjoy the fine weather promised this weekend in the city, and while you are here, ‘Love this Place, Leave no Trace’. With summer in swing and festival season in full flow, Galway City Council is asking people to ‘use the bin or bring it with you’.

In spells of fine weather earlier this year, in the Claddagh Basin in particular, when the Galway City Council Litter Management Unit started work at 5am, they were greeted with long stretches of glass bottles, coffee cups, food wrappers, cans, and other waste scattered all along the ground – at times, metres from an empty bin.

As well as looking terrible, when this litter goes into waterways, it is impacting the wildlife and waters of Galway Bay and beyond.

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