Illegal dumping of plastics a cause of concern for local councillor
A Leitrim Councillor is warning of the damage to the environment that the local tourism sector the dumping of plastics is having across the north west region. Calls are being made on the environmental section of Leitrim county council to investigate the growing issues of plastics been dumped in…
Call for plastic and cardboard not to be used together in packaging
A Sligo tidy towns volunteer says one of the main problems in cutting the use of plastics is not being addressed. Peter Tiernan, chairman of Sligo Tidy Towns Committee was commenting following an announcement by the Taoiseach that single-use plastics is to be phased out across all government departments and…