Cigarette butts are polluting Dublin's favourite walking and swimming spots.
The discarded ends account for a whopping 60% of all street litter in the capital. The number of cigarette butts found during the Big Beach Clean in Dollymount, Clontarf, Skerries, Sutton, Malahide, The Royal and Grand Canal, The Liberties, Lucan Park, Tallaght, and more saw a major increase last year.
One community group, in particular, Clontarf Tidy Towns, removed around 50kg of litter on their Big Beach Clean event, including 2,700 cigarette butts. This type of litter is the most common item found on Ireland’s beaches and they account for almost 50% of all discarded waste in the country.
