Limerick has come 49th out of 53 towns and cities in the latest anti-litter league table published by the Irish Business against Litter.
According to a report published Monday inspections have has shown a fall in the number of towns across the country deemed ‘litter free’.
Limerick came in near the bottom of the table, just above Midleton, Naas, Portlaoise and Tallaght. The report describes Limerick, which has dropped one place lower on last year’s table, as ‘littered’.
Just four places below, Tallaght was described as “showing signs of overall neglect, a big challenge that must be surmounted”.
The report says Limerick was again the most littered city, but improved on its rating from ‘litter blackspot’, given in 2009.
Wexford ranked number one, highlighted for it’s “consistently high standards of maintenance of the environment.”
“To keep on the right side of the law, as well as to show corporate citizenship and community spirit, businesses should look to clean up outside their premises, including their car parks, twice daily,” Dr Tom Cavanagh, Chairman of IBAL said Monday.
”This would have an enormous impact on our streetscapes in one fell swoop and reduce local authority cleaning costs.”
As part of the IBAL Anti-Litter League, An Taisce monitors all towns of population 6,000 and over independently in accordance with international grading standards.
