Local Tidy Towns Committee, Voluntary Groups and Ennis Garda Community Policing Unit organise National Spring Clean event.
Ennis to undergo major clean-up on April 18th 2009.
The Ennis Garda Community Policing Unit, Ennis Tidy Towns Committee and local Voluntary Groups have joined forces to arrange a major clean-up of Ennis and all approach roads to the town on Saturday, April 18th 2009 as part of An Taisce’s National Spring Clean campaign.
The event will take place from 10am to 3pm on Saturday April 18th and the group would like to encourage as many people as possible to join in the event and help to clean up Ennis.
The National Spring Clean campaign is organised by An Taisce and funded by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. In 2008 more than 450,000 people volunteered to join with other members of their community to organise clean-ups around the country where an estimated 1,596 tonnes of litter was collected and 35% of that waste was recycled.
Inspector John O’ Sullivan said “Local Gardai, in conjunction with the appointed Community Policing team, are fully supportive of the An Taisce Spring Clean. The Local Traffic Corps will also be on duty on the main thoroughfares of the town to ensure the safety of the persons involved.”
Patricia Oliver, National Spring Clean Chairperson said: “The National Spring Clean campaign encourages people to work together to create a cleaner environment and plays a vital role in improving quality of life by empowering people to take responsibility for, and have pride in, their local areas. The initiative is totally reliant on people’s willingness to give their time and energy to help to make a difference in their community and the results continue to be outstanding. I would like to praise the Ennis Community Policing Unit, the local Tidy Towns committee and anyone else who is planning to get involved in this event.”
The National Spring Clean campaign is sponsored by Coca-Cola Bottlers Ireland and the Wrigley Company. It is also supported by Repak who supply colour coded refuse sacks for recycling the materials collected and Killeen who sponsor the general waste sacks. The campaign is backed by all Local Authorities who co-ordinate activity in their communities.
The objectives of the National Spring Clean Campaign are to:
Promote personal responsibility for litter
Improve quality of life in local communities
Heighten awareness of litter and waste issues
Highlight the importance of recycling and reuse
Enhance our countryside to help stimulate tourism
Increase participation rates in the campaign year on year.
All those registering for the National Spring Clean campaign are issued with a FREE clean up kit which contains information, posters, colour coded refuse sacks for segregation of waste materials, protective gloves and tabards to keep participants clean. An Taisce will also liaise with local authorities to ensure that all materials collected will be picked up without charge.
To register for National Spring Clean call 01 4002220 or log on to the website at www.nationalspringclean.org.
For further information contact:
Sgt Frank Naughton, Ennis Garda Station 065 684 8100
or Gemma Gilligan, FD, 01-6633612 / 087-9156639
Garda Press Office
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