Cork County Council Litter Plan
Proposal to amend or replace the Cork County Council Litter Management Plan
INVITATION TO MAKE A SUBMISSION
Cork County Council intends to amend or replace the Cork County Council Litter Management Plan in accordance with the Litter Pollution Act 1997.
The Litter Management Plan currently in force may be viewed during normal
working hours at the offices of Cork County Council at –
- County Hall, Cork, and
- Annabella, Mallow, and
- Kent Street, Clonakilty
or at – www.corkcoco.ie
Written representations ( marked LITTER PLAN ) in relation to the Litter Management Plan may be made before 4:00p.m. on Friday 02nd December 2011 to:
Director of Service,
Environment Directorate
Cork County Council,
Inniscarra, Co.Cork
Or by email to litterchallenge@corkcoco.ie
To Download a PDF version of the plan please Click here
Litter and the Law
Responsibility for the control and management of litter lies jointly with the public, businesses and the Local Authority. These responsibilities and the legal requirements for the control of litter are defined in the Litter Pollution Act (1997). The Act defines litter as follows:
Definition of litter
“a substance or object, whether or not intended as waste that, when deposited in a place other than a litter receptacle or other place lawfully designated for the deposit, is or is likely to become unsightly, deleterious, nauseous or unsanitary, whether by itself or with any such substance or object, and regardless of its size or volume or the extent of the deposit”.
Litter Management Plan
Under the Litter Pollution Act, 1997, Cork County Council is required to adopt a litter management plan. The legislation prescribes the specific minimum components of a Litter Management Plan, The litter management plan shall—
(a) specify such objectives as the local authority deems are appropriate to prevent and control litter in its functional area,
(b) specify the measures to encourage public awareness with a view to eliminating litter pollution, including educational and information measures directed at young persons,
(c) specify the measures or arrangements that are to be undertaken by the local authority in order to attain the objectives
of the plan, and
(d) include information on, or be formulated having regard to—
- an appraisal of all existing litter prevention and control programmes being operated by the local authority,
- the policies and objectives of the local authority in relation to the prevention and control of litter,
- the measures which, in so far as the local authority can determine, will or may be taken during the relevant period by persons other than the local authority for the purposes of preventing and controlling litter,
- the facilities at which waste may be deposited by members of the public for recovery or disposal within the meaning of the Waste Management Act, 1996,
- the steps to be taken by the local authority to enforce the provisions of this Act in its functional area, and
- any incidental and ancillary matters.
These statutory elements form the backbone of an effective Litter Management Plan. A local authority shall review its litter management plan at least once in each period of 3 years after the plan is first implemented
and, if the local authority deems it necessary after the review, shall amend or replace the plan.
