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A fall in plastic bottles and cans on the streets, brought about by the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), was not enough to reduce overall litter levels in Ireland last year. That is the finding of business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL), whose latest survey of 40 towns and cities shows Galway city centre is “cleaner than European norms”.

The final survey of 2021 by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) shows Ballina falling six places to 19th spot in the ranking of 40 towns and cities, but retaining its Clean status.

The first post-lockdown survey by Irish Business Against Litter shows Ballina in 13th position in the ranking of 40 areas nationwide. While the majority of towns have cleaned up over the past 12 months, litter in main cities has worsened to levels not seen in ten years. Portlaoise emerged as the cleanest town. The study found no fall-off in PPE litter across the country.

Athlone is deemed ‘cleaner than European norms’ a summer survey of litter levels by Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) has revealed, positioning in twelfth position from forty towns and cities across the country which were ranked.