There was a big turn-out in towns and villages for the annual Lily White Tidy Towns in Kildare on Saturday.
Residents' associations, primary and secondary schools, tidy towns groups and individuals got involved in their communities.
Several volunteers - young and not so young- reported for duty in Kildare Town and were given free gloves and litter pickers.
PRO Anne Sweeney said a big Thank You to all who turned out.
Clean-ups will continue over the summer, meeting at 10am every Saturday morning at the Heritage Centre.
New volunteers are always welcome.
Apart from Lily White Day, the entire month of April is designated as National Spring Clean, so there are clean-ups taking place at any time during the month and the removal of waste can also be organised.
Free Clean-Up Kit
You can get a free clean-up kit if you register for the National Spring Clean, go to
www.nationalspringclean.org or phone An Taisce at 01 4002220. Once you have registered you will receive a useful clean-up kit.
Local clean-ups are organised in each town and village.
For example, Kildare Town Tidy Towns is asking volunteers to meet outside the Heritage Centre at 10am on Saturday.
National Spring Clean is operated by the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce in partnership with Local Authorities and supported by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment.
Over the past 21 years, The National Spring Clean 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 come together to make a meaningful and positive contribution in their own communities.
This year 2019, the initiative wants to raise awareness about the link between litter and climate change – the biggest challenges of our time – and highlight how combined local actions can have a global effect.
With the participation in 2018 of over 500,000 volunteers and 2,600 tonnes of litter collected, of which 35% was recycled, the National Spring Clean 2019 aims to build on the progress and momentum from prior years to make 2019 the most successful anti–litter campaign yet.
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