Environment

Fingal County Council is delighted to announce the funding of places on the Master Composter Training & Volunteer Programme which is being organised in conjunction with the Stop Food Waste Programme.

The Environment Section in Fingal County Council are currently involved in a number of anti-dumping campaigns to help raise awareness in relation to illegal dumping and illegal waste collectors (“Man in a Van”) which is a National Priority for 2019 under the Anti-Dumping initiative.

The Gum Litter Taskforce’s gum litter education campaign was officially launched by Mayor of Fingal Cllr Eoghan O’Brien in the Pavilions Shopping Centre, Swords on Wednesday.

There is good news for Fingal in the latest Irish Business against Litter (IBAL) results as Dublin Airport & Environs and Swords are featured in the top 20 in the list and both are deemed "Clean to European Norms".   Dublin Airport Environs achieved 15th place and Swords 18th place. Litter levels were assessed in 40 towns and cities across the country by An Taisce, who found 31 of them or 77% to be clean which was very positive news for tourism and local communities alike.

Fingal County Council has welcomed news that water quality at four of the ten Fingal beaches has recorded improvements since last year.

Fingal County Council has welcomed news that Portmarnock’s famous Velvet Strand has retained the Blue Flag status, which recognises its high level of water quality.