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Patrols carried out in Dalkey during 2006
a) Collection of
litter took place in Dalkey throughout the year of 2006
b) These were usually twice weekly and sometimes three times, during the
summer time and once a month during the winter
c) The locations were:-
1. Castle Street Dalkey each Tuesday
at 10.30am and covering the local problem areas.
2. Dillon's Park, Coliemore Road
each Thursday at 11am.
d) Members of the public are
encouraged to take part, and we advertised
the locations and asked for volunteers in the following
ways:-
1. An announcement in the Dalkey Community
Council Newsletter. This is a publication delivered to 3,000 homes and
businesses in the area and available on www.dalkeyhomepage.ie
2. Posters were placed on two notice
boards in the town.
3. Pulpit announcements from our two
local churches and their newsletters.
4. Announcements at any meetings we
attended.
5. Local clubs were circulated and
asked to clean a specific area (cubs, scouts, brownies, Cuala sports,
old folks, etc.)
with an 80% success rate.
e) The
number of volunteers varied considerably. Sometimes one or two people
and other times as many as ten.
f)
The type of litter collected was varied:
1. Cigarette ends, mainly outside
public houses.
2. From overflowing litterbins especially
following sunny weekends.
3. Drink cans and fast-food packaging,
from the car park and places where young people meet in the evenings.
4. Drink cans, bottles, fishing equipment
and picnic packaging, even syringes, from Dillon's Park that is on a rocky
coast
and has wooded areas.
5. Large items such as refrigerators and mattresses left in a public car
park we arrange to be collected.
g) These litter-picking sessions were considered successful:
1. Members of the public often stop
to compliment us on what we were doing, and offer apologies for their
lack of time
or ability.
2. A small number of local residents
usually joined the committee members.
3. We
won major awards in local DLRCC competitions..
4. Dalkey Tidy Town's profile was raised considerably.
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