Laois County Council provide information and support about the National Spring Clean initiative to community and voluntary groups.
Ireland’s largest anti-litter campaign, the National Spring Clean is operated by the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce and sponsored by Mars Wrigley Ireland. It is supported by Local Authorities who help co-ordinate clean-up activities for communities within their counties. Local authorities also provide for the disposal of all rubbish and waste materials collected.
Registrations are invited from the public every Spring and groups/individuals can register for their clean up packs with Laois County Council and An Taisce. Clean up materials are provided free of charge and include litter bags, gloves and litter pickers.
National Spring Clean / Clean Up Laois Week is usually held in April each year. The Environment Section of Laois County Council invites people to register with them for their clean up pack and details of rubbish removal from your community on cleanupweek@laoiscoco.ie. The exact dates for Clean Up Laois week will be advertised in local newspapers, on our website and through other social media outlets.
To make sure that each community clean up can run as smoothly as possible An Taisce has also provided various downloadable information packs on their website for their volunteers to read. The clean-up information pack containing details on how to organise an event, health and safety information, litter facts, useful contacts, media and publicity advice, a guide on how to recycle and information on litter and the law.
An Taisce’s National Spring Clean invites people to visit the website www.nationalspringclean.org and register for free litter sacks and information packs.
Each year thousands of tonnes of litter are collected from Irish streets, parks, coastlines, thanks to over 12 million volunteer hours so let’s Spring into action together!
For more information phone the environment section at 057 866 4000 or email environmentadmin@laoiscoco.ie