A submission has been made to the Department of Agriculture by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) about reckless littering in rural areas. The IFA is calling for urgent action to be taken on “a growing problem of serial dumping in the countryside”.
It has pointed to a problem of increased dumping of packaging waste generated from online purchases, builders’ rubble and household waste.
Taking action
IFA environment chair Paul O’Brien has called for five key actions to be taken:
Progress
According to the IFA, it will seek a meeting with the Department of Environment in the coming weeks to make progress on these proposals. It is also seeking the completion of the used waste tyre collection service introduced previously by the Department of Agriculture, and a cost-effective recycling service for waste streams generated on farms, such as feed and fertiliser bags.
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