Transcript IBAL ANTI-LITTER LEAGUE

Adele O’Connor – BA, MBS
Environmental Education Unit
An Taisce
IBAL
Irish
Business
Against
Litter
www.ibal.ie
Set up in 1996: alliance of companies
sharing a belief that continued
economic prosperity – notably in the
areas of tourism, food and foreign
direct investment – is contingent on a
clean, litter-free environment
Financially Assisted By:
IBAL Members
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Merrion Hotel
CRH
Ireland’s Blue Book
Unilever
Pepsico
Irish Tree Centre
Musgrave Group
Janssen
Shamrock Foods Ltd
Irish Hotels Federation
Costelloe and Costelloe
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KPMG
Windsor Motors
Ballymaloe
Glen Dimplex
Kelly’s Hotel
Conrad Hotel
Allergen
Colin Moore – Creative
Design
• Quinn Health Care
• John Fleming Architect
• Coillte
IBAL Anti-Litter League
AIM:
TO ENSURE THAT ALL
TOWNS / CITIES SURVEYED
ARE
CLEAN TO EUROPEAN
NORMS
Positive Aspects of Clean Environment
For the common good
and the totality of the
community
Negative Aspects of Litter
• Effects the way people think
about their area
• Lessens civic pride / Lessens
volunteering in the community
• Leads to other environmental
degradation
• Can make areas feel unsafe
Definition Of Litter
• “litter” means a substance or
object, whether or not intended as
waste (other than waste within the
meaning of the Waste Management
Act, 1996, which is properly
consigned for disposal) that, when
deposited in a place other than a
litter receptacle or other place
lawfully designated for the deposit,
is or is likely to become unsightly,
deleterious, nauseous or
unsanitary, whether by itself or with
any other such substance or object,
and regardless of its size or volume
or the extent of the deposit;
Litter – Public Places and Private Property
If you own / are responsible for a
place to which the public have
access, you are obliged by law
to keep the place litter-free,
regardless of how the litter got
there
The owner / occupier of property
that can be seen from a public
place is obliged to keep the
property free of litter.
Ideally:
• Reduces the cost of cleaning
for the LA
• Enhances the appearance of
the town / city
• If properties are seen to be
cleaning their own premises it
may change the attitude to
litter over time.
Litter Fines -
• From Jan – June 2008 a total of
14,276 litter fines were served
nationwide – of these only 45%
were paid
• Enforcement of litter laws is the
most effective way of ensuring
a litter free environment - Huge
room for improvement
• Monies collected to be used in law
enforcement with regard to Litter
Quote from Dr. Tom Cavanagh
“IBAL’s experience is that if a
town achieves litter free status
for 2 / 3 years it tends to stay
Clean” (20/10/08)
Once clean, it costs less to
keep a town clean
Litter attracts Litter
IBAL Anti-Litter League
BEGAN IN 2002 – 29 TOWNS / CITIES
4 SURVEYS
2009 – 60 TOWNS / CITIES
2 SURVEYS
These are Surveys – a snapshot of a
situation on a particular day / time – it
is not a census
Progress
• 2002 – just 2 out of 29 towns / cities surveyed
were Litter Free with majority either ‘Heavily’ or
‘Very Heavily Littered’
• 2009 – 39 out of 60 towns / cities (i.e. 65%)
were Clean to European Norms with only 2
Litter Blackspots
• Schools and train stations have shown
significant improvement – over 90% of schools
and 65% of train stations were litter free –
August 2009
• Third Level Colleges / Universities – Hugely
improved – UCC First Green Flag
Methodology 2010
• 53 TOWNS / CITIES
-i.e. 48 towns and 5 cities
10 sites per town (20+ sites per
city)
Sites / Days / Time / Location
Types will vary
2 SURVEYS – final result based
on performance of both surveys
*** First time to recognise
provincial winners - Tree award
at year end
Survey Form
Completed by Trained Surveyor
Separate Form for each site
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Site Name
Location Type
Litter Grade (A, B, C or D)
Background Environmental
Indicators
• Date / Day / Time / Weather
• Comment
• Photographic Evidence
Survey Form – Litter Grades
• Grade A = Clean to European
Norms = 3 Points
• Grade B = Moderately Littered
= 2 Points
• Grade C = Serious Litter
Problem = 1 Points
• Grade D = Litter Blackspot =
0 Points
Cleanliness Rating - CR
(CR) between 0-100
• CR is determined by number of
Grades A, B C and D
• CR = [(Total Raw Score /
Maximum Score) x 100]
• e.g. of a town surveyed with 10 sites:
5 Grade As
3 Grade Bs
1 Grade C
1 Grade D
= 22/30 X 100
CR = 73
The top category towns in the last
survey averaged:
• 70% Grade A
• 15% Grade B
• 15% Grade C
• 0% Grade D
Location Type
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Main Shopping Street
Public Car Park
Train / Bus Station
School / College / University
Residential
Industrial Estate
Public Park
River Walk / Promenade
Heritage / Amenity
Approach Roads – 40% of sites
Miscellaneous ** frequently very
poor sites – lack of ‘ownership’
Approach Roads
• 40% of sites
One rural area in Ireland:
30% of households had no
evidence of registered bin
collection
Chewing Gum
Gum Litter Task Force 2006-2009
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Chewing gum is litter.
There is a €150 for littering.
The GLT campaign
encourages the public to
dispose of their gum
responsibly in a bin.
IBAL asks
Was anybody ever fined for
spitting out chewing gum?
Chewing Gum
• Current Gum – 25 years on the
street – should this be sold?
• Options for Chewing Gum?
Chewing Gum Options
• Biodegradable Gum (can be
swallowed or disintegrates in
24 hours)
Or
• Current Gum with additive to
degrade in 2-4 weeks
Or
• Current Gum with extra tax
Or
• Ban Gum – Singapore option
IBAL on Twitter
• August 2010 –
twitter.com/litterspotter
Citizens are encouraged to alert
local authorities to litter
blackspots in their area by
emailing images from their
phone to
[email protected]
Example of Photo submitted on Twitter
Main road from Waterford City out to Tramore
Example of Photo submitted on Twitter
Inniscarra Recreation (!) area west of Cork city. This
was the scene on Wed 1st Sept at 1:30pm
Café Anti-Litter Notice