National Spring Clean / Clean Up Laois Week
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.
How to Register and get your Clean up pack
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!
When is Clean Up Laois Week 2025
Clean Up Laois Week from 31st March to 4th April 2025.
Laois County Council in partnership with their sponsors Bord na Mona Recycling are asking local communities to spring into action to join the fight against litter again this Spring. To participate groups, communities, neighbours and friends are requested to register with the Environment Section to receive free packs of bags, gloves and litter pickers to help tackle the issue of litter in their local areas, to see the benefit of a litter free environment. The collected litter will be gathered by Bord na Mona Recycling in the week after the clean up is completed i.e. from 7th to 11th April 2025.
This initiative is Ireland’s biggest and longest running anti-litter campaign and makes a real impact on local environments. Registration forms are available on the Council’s website, or by emailing or phoning the Environment Section at cleanupweek@laoiscoco.ie or 057 86 89315.
Over the past 26 years, the National Spring Clean operated by An Taisce has been focused on the message of the collective responsibility we share in tackling and preventing our national litter problem. By participating in organised clean-ups, groups and individuals of all ages play a significant role in reducing litter and protecting biodiversity across Ireland while also bringing communities together. Over the course of the last 26 years, 12 million hours of volunteering were contributed and an estimated 47,500 tonnes of litter across Ireland have been collected.
Throughout this year’s campaign, National Spring Clean also hopes to encourage participants to think about what they can do to reduce their consumption and waste outputs.
Each year this partnership approach to tackling the ongoing litter problem receives enormous support from local residents, community groups, businesses and schools and is a testament to the community spirit that this initiative fosters. Laois County Council acknowledges the great work done by all groups involved and would encourage the public to be extra vigilant in their own areas, by reporting any litter offences, unauthorised waste collectors, or fly tipping on the confidential freephone litter hotline – 1800 32 32 30.
Further information
For more information phone the environment section at 057 866 4000 or email environmentadmin@laoiscoco.ie
Laois clean up week locations by day