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The latest survey by business group Irish Business Against Litter has revealed that Ballina is performing well when it comes to keeping its streets clean.

Mayo County Council called on people to ‘Bin It Your Way’ in a Gum Litter Taskforce (GLT) mid campaign boost which took place at Swinford Cultural Centre earlier this week. The event was a riot of colour with the eye catching ads displayed on GLT ad-bikes and a GLT media bike.

A new regulation coming into effect on Tuesday could help householders in Castlebar and Ballina cut down on the thousands of euros of food that is being binned each year.

Mayo County Council is forking out some €15,000 over the coming weeks to deal with the gooey mess that is gum litter on Ballina’s main thoroughfares.

WEEE Ireland, the Irish compliance scheme for electrical and battery recycling, is holding three free recycling events in Galway this Saturday, April 5. The collection events, in association with Galway County Council, will take place from 10am – 4pm at the following locations: Mart Yart, Portumna; Supervalu Loughrea; and the Regional Co-Operative Mart, Ballygar Road, Mountbellew.

The Knocknacarra spring clean takes place on Sunday April 13 at 1pm and volunteers are needed to help.

A Westmeath councillor has suggested leaving rubbish to build up on the county’s streets for several weeks so people can see the damage done by littering.

Mullingar has dropped 15 places over the past year when it comes to tackling the town’s litter, according to the latest report on littering from Irish Businesses Against Litter (IBAL) which has described the town as “moderately littered”.

Athlone Town Council and Westmeath County Council will spend €1.2m to clean up after the county’s citizens this year.