Naas Is Ireland's Cleanest Town

Tuesday, 4 January 2022 08:59

2021 was the 19th year of the IBAL Anti-Litter League

Naas has been awarded the top spot in the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) League's cleanest towns.

An Taisce's report for Naas notes:

"An excellent result for Naas. With top-ranking sites all round, the town deserves to top the IBAL league. The waterside environment at Harbour

View was spotless – great to see it so well presented and maintained. There was a notably improvement at Fairgreen Recycle Facility – this time

around it was excellent. Shopping Arcade (off North Main Street) presented well with all aspects of the area surveyed in very good order. Poplar Square has been reconfigured to accommodate ‘outdoor dining’ and the overall presentation of same was very good".

Congrats to Naas, winner of the 2021 IBAL Anti-Litter League. How did your town fare? All is revealed here ... https://t.co/MBM3uThpaj pic.twitter.com/ThfYc8I27r
— Irish Business Against Litter (@IrishLitter) January 3, 2022

A presentation of the IBAL trophy will take place on Tuesday afternoon, on Naas Main Street.

Leixlip ranked fourth out of 40 towns & cities.

Regading Leixlip, An Taisce stated:

"Another superb showing from Leixlip, which is consistently near the top of the IBAL rankings. With eight out of ten sites getting the top litter

grade, a few deserve special mention. Arthur’s Way (Heritage Trail) was not only excellent with regard to litter, but the whole lay-out and

maintenance impressed. The Mall, Captain’s Hill and all three approach roads were excellent. By far the most heavily littered site was the Bring Facility at Lidl."

The report stated PPE litter is at its highest level since the pandemic was declared.

2021 IBAL ANTI-LITTER LEAGUE – FINAL RESULT

1	Naas	Cleaner than European Norms
2	Portlaoise	Cleaner than European Norms
3	Ennis	Cleaner than European Norms
4	Leixlip	Cleaner than European Norms
5	Arklow	Cleaner than European Norms
6	Dun Laoghaire	Cleaner than European Norms
7	Fermoy	Cleaner than European Norms
8	Longford	Cleaner than European Norms
9	Kilkenny	Cleaner than European Norms
10	Buncrana	Clean to European Norms
11	Waterford City Centre	Clean to European Norms
12	Monaghan	Clean to European Norms
13	Killarney	Clean to European Norms
14	Tralee	Clean to European Norms
15	Wexford	Clean to European Norms
16	Clonmel	Clean to European Norms
17	Cavan	Clean to European Norms
18	Athlone	Clean to European Norms
19	Ballina	Clean to European Norms
20	Tullamore	Clean to European Norms
21	Sligo	Clean to European Norms
22	Mullingar	Clean to European Norms
23	Carlow	Moderately littered
24	Galway City Centre	Moderately littered
25	Tipperary	Moderately littered
26	Navan	Moderately littered
27	Tallaght	Moderately littered
28	Dundalk	Moderately littered
29	Roscommon	Littered
30	Waterford City - Ballybeg	Littered
31	Mahon - Cork City	Littered
32	Cork City Centre	Littered
33	Limerick City South - Galvone	Littered
34	Galway Inner City - Ballybane	Littered
35	Limerick City	Littered
36	Ballymun	Littered
37	Cork Northside	Heavily littered
38	Dublin City Centre	Heavily littered
39	Drogheda	Heavily littered
40	Dublin North Inner City	Litter blackspot

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