by Skibbereen Tidy Towns
There is no question but that spring is in the air this week as March draws to a close and we look forward to April, traditionally the start of the Tidy Towns season but in truth, the work of Tidy Towns groups all over the country continues through every season. April is National Spring Clean month, a campaign from An Taisce that encourages community clean-ups through the whole month of April. Other objectives of the campaign are to:
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GALVANISE THE PRACTICES OF RECYCLING AND RE-USE WHERE POSSIBLE
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INCREASE THE NUMBER OF EVENTS AND PARTICIPANTS
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PROMOTE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR LITTER
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HEIGHTEN AWARENESS OF LITTER AND WASTE ISSUE
Regular readers will know that raising awareness of the issue of litter is something that we in Skibbereen Tidy Towns fully support. See here and here.
To support the National Spring Clean effort we are delighted to announce that Skibbereen will once again participate in the KWD annual county clean-up initiative so please mark Saturday morning, 13 April in your diaries. Last year we had 21 volunteers who collected 30 bags of litter in just two hours. Can we beat this in 2019? We are appealing to all clubs and groups in Skibbereen to come out and join this effort for a couple of hours. Focus roads this year are the N71 Cork Road, Marsh Road and Abbey Road, more will be added if enough volunteers join the event.
We are also delighted to share that on Sunday, 7 April, West Cork Kayakers are holding a treasure hunt in the beautiful Lough Hyne. Not your typical treasure hunt but a very worthwhile one where the treasure is litter, as they say on their event page “a good sweep of the lake and island before it gets too busy“. What is notable is how much marine litter occurs in this spot and cannot be collected on foot – way to go guys, and we look forward to hearing how much you collect!
Photos courtesy of West Cork Kayakers on Facebook
Of course, if you cannot make an organised clean-up event during April please consider a #2minutestreetclean or, if visiting any part of our wonderful West Cork coastline, a #2minutebeachclean.
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If you are interested in becoming involved with Skibbereen Tidy Towns please contact us at 087-6220132 or by email at skibbereentidytowns@icloud.com.
Featured image courtesy of An Taisce
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