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ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT

Waste Recycling & Collection WEEE Ireland Collections The Love This Place campaign aims to change Dog Fouling Campaign – Bag It Bin It

Bring Banks Usage: WEEE Ireland completed 5 Saturday behaviours outdoors by raising awareness Kilkenny County Council
of our impacts and what we can do to make
The Council provides and manages 46 Bring collections in April and May. The 5 collection a difference. The ethos behind the campaign will be continuing its dog
fouling campaign throughout
events resulted in over 55,000 kg of electrical
Centres across the City and County and a total household waste being collected for appropriate is by leaving no trace and respecting our the summer, with a plan to
of 1,109 tonnes of recyclables were collected recycling. environment we can help to minimize our complete an educational piece
from our Bring Centres in the first half of 2022. impact on the outdoors. Picking up after your in primary schools when they
This represents a 24% decrease on the same dog, keeping them on a lead near wildlife and return in September. A social media campaign
period last year and is mainly due to the lifting livestock, bringing your rubbish home with will run in association with the Councils
of all Covid restrictions. LIDL Loughboy (with you and parking your car so it doesn’t block Communications Team and will complement the
68 tonnes collected YTD), Newpark Shopping access points are all simple ways to enjoy Leave No Trace national campaign.
Centre (with 67 tonnes collected YTD) and the outdoors in a responsible way. Launched
Graiguenamanagh (49 tonnes collected YTD) nationally on the 30th of May, Kilkenny County Gum Litter Taskforce Summer
are the busiest of the sites. Environment staff Council pledged to be a campaign supporter, Campaign
are continuing to work very closely with our by promoting the campaigns key messages. The Gum Litter Taskforce is a national
service providers to ensure the collection This activity is an action under the Litter campaign supported by IBEC and Wrigley’s with
service is in keeping with demand, especially Date Location Weight Kg Management Plan 2021-2023 and is being the backing of the Department of Environment,
around long weekends and holiday periods. 21/05/2022 Castlecomer 6,740 completed in collaboration with the Councils Climate and Communications Environment.
Kilkenny County Council is also currently in the Communications Team. It promotes the proper disposal of chewing
process of moving the Bring Bank location in 28/05/2022 Piltown 12,134 gum. Campaign advertising is currently airing
the village of Johnstown. This litter initiative was formerly launched with on national radio stations and its roadshow is
04/06/2022 Thomastown 13,464 our corporate sponsors on the 30th of June. set to visit Kilkenny City on the 14th July. Come
Dunmore Recycling & Waste Disposal Registration is now open for both events. The along to the Parade between 10am-3pm and
Centre: 11/06/2022 Johnstown 16,910 first event will take place on the 9th of October join in the fun.
A Mattress Amnesty Week was held on in Kilkenny City only to coincide with Kilkenny For more info go to: https://www.
Monday 27th June to Saturday 2nd July, 2022 18/06/2022 Kilkenny 5,760 Day. A County wide event will take place on the gumlittertaskforce.ie/

at both Dunmore and Granny Civic Amenity 5th of February 2023. Registration for both
Sites. This Anti-Dumping Initiative was funded events is now open via; https://cleanup.kilkenny. Animal Welfare
through our WERLA Southern Regional Office. Kilkenny County Council would like to ie/. The Animal Welfare Standards Committee had
It yielded 724 mattresses and was welcomed acknowledge the community support it received its eighth meeting on 2nd June 2022. JJ Tobin
by the general public. Both sites had large that promoted the collection events locally. Veterinary Officer continues to carry out monthly
number of customers throughout the week. The Environment Section in collaboration with inspections at the Dog Shelter to ensure the site
Dunmore recorded one of its busiest weeks WEEE Ireland and the Councils Communication is operating efficiently and effectively.
ever due to customers also bringing in other Team will now promote the recycling centres To-date this year, 140 dogs have been dealt
items along with their mattresses for the which accept household electrical waste all year with in the Carlow/Kilkenny dog shelter, with 96
advertised event. round which operate in the County. This is to of these dogs rehomed by the shelter and by
ensure that the public are aware of their options charities. There were 10 dogs remaining at the
when they need to recycle household electrical shelter at the end of May. There were no horses
waste. These activities compliment the actions impounded to date this year.
under the Litter Management Plan 2021-2023. Burial Grounds
Litter Awareness Community Monuments Fund

Leave No Trace Campaign Kilkenny County Council has secured €196,200
Let’s Team Up to Clean Up, Together for Kilkenny from the Dept of Housing, Local Government
Corporate Sponsor Representatives with Kilkenny and Heritage to help conserve and protect
County Council’s Cathaoirleach, City Mayor and three medieval churches and graveyards
Representatives of the Environment Section. (Grangefertagh, Clomantagh, Dunkitt) under the
Community Monuments Fund 2022.
The projects will be managed by the
Environment Section and Heritage Office,
and will help protect them from the impacts
of climate change and keep them safe for
current and future generations to access and
appreciate..
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