The sight of two mattresses together with other household furniture dumped in a field outside Ennis must act as a ‘wake up ‘on illegal dumping.
Aontú’ s Clare Representative, June Dillon says “I find it hard to get my head around the fact that people can behave like this and blight the countryside with their rubbish. In this instance the mattresses and chair were thrown inside the gate of a field outside Ennis, off the Ballyalla Road.”
Clare County Council, like so many other local authorities across the country, holds ‘Amnesty Days’ where people can bring their old mattresses to the recycling centre for free a few times during the year so there is no excuse at all for people discarding rubbish. We are coming into peak tourism season here in Clare shortly and this kind of anti-social behaviour and lack of civic pride in our beautiful county portrays it in such a bad light.
It is irresponsible and downright shameful. It is also so unfair on the countless selfless people who are involved in Tidy Towns who are out morning, noon and night with their litter pickers cleaning up the areas and working tirelessly to keep our towns and villages clean and tidy.
I would urge people who know of illegal dumping to report the perpetrators because if there is no penalty for their behaviour they will continue their disgusting and purposeful behaviour.
It is a massive inconvenience for those whose property is used to dump the offending material. When it comes to removal of rubbish from private property, it is up to the owner of that property to remove the rubbish. However Clare County Council’s Environmental Department can offer support with disposal to Council waste management amenities.
This is the second time in a matter of weeks that I have highlighted persistent dumping on rural stretches of Co.Clare.
I was horrified to come across the discarded carcasses of two farm animals thrown in beside piles of rubbish dumped in Kilmurry McMahon recently.
This road network is very rural, so people have to deliberately come off the N68 to dump rubbish.
I contacted the Environmental section of Clare County Council, and requested the waste management section arrange removal of the carcasses.
I really feel we need more vigilance around the issue of illegal dumping, and I am urging Clare County Council to install cameras or use drones, in a bid to catch these indiscriminate and anti-social dumpers and also to act as a deterrent”.
