Litter Picking – Kinvara Tidy Towns

Kinvara Tidy Towns – Litter Picking

We promote within our Community, our youth groups, signage and on our social media, the principles of “Leave no Trace” and “Love this Place”. You can check out the “Leave no Trace” website for principles and tips by Clicking Here

Litter picking is completed by many members of our community. From simple two minute street cleans everyday using our litter pick stations in village, litter picking by our Litter Squad and clean ups by citizens where they live within the village and the wider area surrounding Kinvara.

Our schedule for Litter Picking is as follows

Daily litter picks week on, week off – CE worker & Litter Squad
Two minute cleans promoted within and outside our Schools and Businesses.
Approach road spring cleans up to and past speed signs as part of the “An Taisce Spring clean program”.
Weekly inspections and maintenance of our village Bottle Bank.
Litter picks and roads maintenance within zones across our village and approach roads.
Beach cleans litter picks are completed throughout the year including New Years day, May Bank holiday and our Big Beach clean in September each year.
Townlands litter picking support – we provide litter pickers, gloves and bags to our community to clean up where they live.

Liaising with others

We promote the location of all Dog Poo Bag points and bins around our village through our ‘Kinvara Doggies Walk this Way Route’ and promote the Green Dogs walker program. You can find out about the program by Clicking Here

We liaise with all Event Organisers and ask them to only post required posters and to ensure their removal after events. All signs should be temporary and must not contravene the Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2003 and Safety. Check out the following site for full detail on council guidelines and legislation for signage by Clicking Here.

Any type of Signage/Posters/Flyers/Flags and Stickers on any type of surface in unapproved locations, is considered litter. Kinvara is a busy community culturally, sports, festivals and events wise. Kinvara Tidy Towns love and respect this. We seek to be proactive with promoting our poster and sign principles poster. We will always raise with person/ group who posted first, if not we may remove posters if unsafe or if left up more than a week after event.