OVER 100 Kerry groups joined the National Spring Clean 2023 campaign with communities coming together to make a difference for our environment.

Groups registered to carry out clean-ups throughout the county making Spring Clean 23 one of Ireland’s largest anti-litter campaign to date, with almost 4,000 volunteers in Kerry removing an estimated 20 tonnes of litter.

In Kerry, clean-ups took places in various locations, including Castlegregory, Tralee, Ballyheigue and many more.

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The National Spring Clean is Ireland’s official anti-litter campaign and over the past 24 years, the initiative has been highlighted the collective responsibility we share in tackling and preventing our national litter problem.

National Spring Clean is operated by the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce in partnership with Local Authorities and supported by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and Mars Wrigley Ireland.

Throughout the month of April, the National Spring Clean encouraged communities from across Ireland to tackle the problem of litter in local areas and to see the benefits of a litter-free environment.