Bray loses ‘clean’ status
BRAY ‘MODERATELY LITTERED’ ACCORDING TO LATEST IBAL REPORT
BRAY HAS LOST its ‘clean’ status in the IBAL anti litter league and is now ‘moderately littered’.
The town finished in 28th position in the ranking of 40 towns and cities.
Seventy per cent of the towns and cities surveyed by An Taisce on behalf of IBAL were found to be Clean to European Norms, compared to 85 per cent two years ago.
‘As a previous IBAL League winner, Bray might expect to fare better – half of the sites surveyed were littered,’ said the IBAL report.
BRAY has lost its ‘clean’ status in the IBAL anti litter league and is now ‘moderately littered’.
The town finished in 28th position in the ranking of 40 towns and cities.
Kildare was announced as the cleanest town yesterday (Tuesday) at the Merrion Hotel in Dublin.
‘As a previous IBAL League winner, Bray might expect to fare better – half of the sites surveyed were littered,’ said the The Irish Business Against Litter report.
‘ The Recycle Facility at Boghall Road was one of two Grade C sites – it is not the first time that it has scored poorly and it is difficult to fathom how a “managed” facility can score so poorly.
‘ The other Grade C site was the Quinsboro Road Car Park – it wasn’t just casually littered but several black sacks had been discarded and there was plenty of builders’ rubble.
Some of the very good sites in Bray included the Main Street, and the civic centre which includes Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray Municipal District buildings, the HSE and the court house. The report said that they were ‘freshly presented and generally very clean.’
Seventy per cent of the towns and cities surveyed by An Taisce on behalf of IBAL were found to be Clean to European Norms, compared to 85 per cent two years ago.
Litter levels rose by four per cent over the period. The IBAL report again illustrates how dumping is at the heart of Ireland’s litter problem. ‘The problem is becoming less about cleaning up after kids have dropped sweet papers on the main street,’ said Conor Horgan of Irish Businesses Against Litter.
‘It’s about people deliberately and covertly evading bin charges by illegally disposing of their rubbish on wasteland or derelict sites, which then become magnets for all sorts of litter.
‘Bray is disappointed to drop in the current IBAL results,’ said a spokesman for Bray Municipal District.
‘Most sites surveyed show a Grade A but there are a number of sites not in the control of Bray Municipal District. Over the past number of years new solar powered compactor bins have been installed in the town. In excess of €600,000 has been spent in 2016 on street cleaning in Bray and on maintenance of the Esplanade. Bray has faired very well over the past few years in the Tidy Towns Competition and each year Bray has improved its position in this competition.’