Frustration in Waterford over ‘disgraceful’ dumping of ‘tiny pieces of rubbish’
Cllr Donnchadh Mulcahy addressed the issues facing areas of West Waterford in a recent post on social media
A local councillor has expressed his frustration over the “disgraceful” dumping of “tiny pieces of rubbish” in County Waterford.
Sinn Féin councillor Donnchadh Mulcahy addressed the issues facing areas of West Waterford in a recent post on social media.
Cllr Mulcahy said: “The ongoing deliberate littering in our towns is absolutely disgraceful!
“What's particularly frustrating is that this isn’t just bottles and cans being thrown out.
“We're talking about tiny pieces of paper, torn-up lotto tickets, bits of newspaper and other rubbish scattered everywhere. This has been happening over a few years now.”
He said that the pieces of rubbish are deliberately being broken up to make clean-ups more time consuming.
“This appears to be deliberate and almost malicious behaviour, going out to make life difficult for those cleaning up after them.
“Anyone who has ever picked up litter knows that hundreds of tiny pieces of rubbish take far longer to collect than a few bottles or cans.
“We have fantastic volunteers and Tidy Towns groups in our towns and this is a real slap in the face.”
Cllr Mulcahy added that the local community must come together to put an end to such behaviour.
“It's childish, it's disrespectful, and quite frankly, it's not good enough!
“We need to get to the bottom of who is responsible and put a stop to it. Our communities deserve better than this nonsense!”
He concluded by asking anyone who has any information in relation to the activity to come forward.