Carrick Tidy Towns news

Litter picks

Sunday litter picks continue, meeting at The Tourist Office at 10am. We welcomed Mateusz and his family who join us in keeping Carrick tidy and do great work. Thank you to all the litter pickers who come out during the week as well, we are trying our best to keep on top of the litter.

Illegal dumping

The continued illegal dumping at the charity shop on Main Street

New bin is popular

The new bin at the Tourist Office is proving very popular and being well used. It is solar powered, and supposed to crush the litter inside and then sends a text when it is full.

Tuesday evenings

We meet on Tuesday evenings at 7pm, again at the Tourist Office. Last Tuesday we had 20 volunteers out. We were able to get a lot accomplished, weeding around the hedge at Supermacs, litter picking around the fire station, painting the fence on the Leitrim Road, raking some grass from the biodiversity area, planting a pear tree, gathering barriers and other materials from the wooded area and leaving them in one place so the County Council could come and collect it all, which they did.

During the week volunteers planted an apple tree in the biodiversity area as well as some raspberries which we got from John Gaffey, Summertime Gardens. Others are busy preparing beds and containers, weeding, and dividing perennials for better growth.

Dog fouling

We are trying to prevent and highlight the problem of dog fouling by spraying temporary florescent yellow circles around any poo that we come across in the Linear Park, so at least you can avoid stepping in it.

We are determined to improve the situation, there is really no excuse not to ‘Bag it and Bin it’. The Council even provide bags, if there is no bin around then bring it home.

Photos

Please send in any photos of clean ups or painting or recycling or ideas to reduce waste, to help us with the application for the Tidy Towns Competition. You can share on our Facebook page ‘Tidy Towns Carrick on Shannon’.