Pictured: Launching the 2026 County Clean Up were: l-r: Paul Neary (Kerry County Council), Noel O’Reilly (KWD), Colm Cooper, Cllr Marie Moloney (Leas-Cathaoirleach, Kerry County Council), Johnny McGuire, Colm Nagle (Kerry County Council), Michael Gleeson, Tadhg Healy (KWS Recycling). Image: Valerie O’Sullivan
County Clean Up to take place again this year on 11 April
75,000 bags of waste collected and disposed of since 2012
Over 650 tonnes of waste have been collected and disposed of since the County Clean Up began in 2012 and registration for this year’s event is open.
Since its inception, the annual County Clean Up – which takes place with the support of KWD Recycling and Kerry County Council – has seen thousands of volunteers fill almost 75,000 bags of litter and has helped to reduce waste and illegal dumping in the county. The 14th annual County Clean Up will take place on Saturday, 11th April and a call is going out to individuals and communities to take part and help to make the county spick and span. Kerry GAA great, Colm ‘The Gooch’ Cooper is the County Clean Up Ambassador once again this year.
The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Michael Foley urged community and voluntary groups to participate and to register from Monday next on the designated online portal www.countycleanup.com
‘We are asking for local resident’s associations, schools, youth groups, sporting groups, businesses, families or simply a few friends to get together and gather litter along the major routes and the local country roads throughout Kerry’, said Cllr Foley.
‘The County Clean Up is unique in the country for its longevity and the scale of the waste which has been collected and disposed of. I would urge anyone who hasn’t been involved before now to get involved in this special community initiative.’
Noel O’Reilly from KWD Recycling said: ‘KWD Recycling is proud to be involved in the County Clean Up which is now in its 14th year. It is a very important day for communities across Kerry who have worked with us to make a huge difference in fighting littering.
‘We are urging groups to sign up so that they can obtain their clean up packs and so that we know where the litter being collected in left for disposal,’ he said.
Volunteers can register at www.countycleanup.com or email countycleanup@kwd.ie
