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In spite of the fact that 76 per cent of Westmeath homes were provided with segregated waste collection, only 27 per cent of the county’s household waste was recycled last year while the remaining 73 per cent was landfilled, according to a new report.

Local councillors have welcomed the positive nature of this year’s Tidy Towns report on Carlow town, but warned that there is still more to do.

A clean up of the river banks on the River Nore in Kilkenny city will take place this Saturday January 10, at 10.30am.

Litter has become a major problem in the Ballyheane area so in conjunction with An Taisce the members of Ballyheane Community Council are organising a clean up of both Ballyheane village and its surrounding areas. 

A Claregalway couple were convicted and fined at Ballinrobe District Court this week after a number of rubbish bags which they disposed off in Mayo were detected by the litter warden.

Congratulations to the Rockvale Residents Association who organised an excellent clean up of the estate last week. Over 20 bags of litter were filled and with the assistance of the Town Council this was collected and disposed of environmentally.

Two people from Claregalway were convicted and fined at Ballinrobe District Court this week after a number of rubbish bags which they disposed off in Mayo were detected by the litter warden.

Kilkenny’s litter levels have fallen from moderately littered status to littered this year in the Irish Business Against Litter survey which was published earlier this week.

Castlebar and Ballina were both celebrating earlier this week with the news that they have moved up in the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) standings for 2008. Castlebar saw its ranking shoot up 28 places from number 36 last year and break into the top ten at number eight. Ballina were also celebrating a double-digit rise from number 49 to 37, moving it from a seriously littered town to a moderately littered town.

Carlow Approach Road: Moderately Littered. A wide sweeping road with grassy banks which were neatly cut. However, there was a definite litter presence – plastic sheeting, plastic bottles and coffee cups.