Cycle way and path along ring road
Summer clean ups under way through out our city
Category Archives: Anti litter
Congratulations – St. Kieran’s Crescent community clean up!
Congratulations to all St Kieran’s Crescent residents assisted by Keep Kilkenny Beautiful who undertook a clean up and spring clean of their estate. Good weather allowed for a lot of work of work be undertaken. Green waste from edge trimming and weeding was all taken for composting, three shopping trolleys were returned to the supermarket. A litter collection also took place.
Lions out in force
Between cleaning and painting the Kilkenny Lions are showing their true colours “working together – winning together” 
Congratulations to all on the recent Fairways community clean up
Local residents were joined by KKB members and the Kilkenny Baha’i community in a community clean up. Many hands made light work. A wonderful day with plenty of sun allowed for a big spring clean to be undertaken. “Working Together, Winning Together”!
Deep clean under way!
Why not take part in our KKB deep clean “spring cleans ” as part of the Kilkenny City National Spring Clean events! Our aim is to go deep into the bushes and verges and concentrate in particular on the removal of plastics which are not biodegradable.
The statistics tells how bad it can be on our County roads due to our “disposable” society; 100 drink cans, 43 paper cups and 127 plastic bottles were found in a recent Kilkenny Co Co survey on just 1km of country roadside! It is interesting to note that no plastic bags were listed. The 15c tax on each plastic bag has been a success.
Keep Kilkenny Beautiful did a plastic bag survey in Kilkenny City in 2000 and found over 200 discarded plastic bags in just one section of 1/2km roads edge.
We need the political courage to finally arrange to put a returnable 25c deposit (or more) on drink cans and plastic bottles.
For “paper” cups ( which also contain plastic) why niot consider a 25c tax an encouragement to use suddenly this “trash” is actually of value and the problem will disappear like the plastic bag !
iur City ring road cycle and walk way, spring cleaned!
Kells road path and cycle way at entry to into our City
Kilkenny Draft Litter Management Plan 2018-2020
The Kilkenny 2018-2020 draft litter management plan is currently being developed and is open for consultation. The document has the following sections, see link under.
If you want to make a submission or observation go to https://consult.kilkenny.ie/ga/consultation/draft-litter-management-plan-2018-2020
Kilkenny ” cleaner than European norms” in latest 2017 IBAL survey
The Irish Business Against Litter results for 2017 have been announced.
Kilkenny City, a three times in a row winner has achieved excellence again with the coveted ” cleaner than European norms” status and joint 6th in the overall rankings for 2017.
Congratulations to Ennis on their receipt of a No.1 ranking in 2017
Kilkenny Castle in winter sun
Kilkenny City and Formigine
Formigine completed a joint Clean up with Kilkenny Clty on the 23rd September. As a clean up was taking place in Formigine in Italy, in Kilkenny Keep Kilkenny Beautiful coordinated a Joint Clean up day also.
It is proposed to have a formal twinning next May, currently there is a friendship agreement in place.
Some of the Clean up day team commencing at Loughboy in Kilkenny.
Colourful planting on Nuncio road seen during the clean up event
New sitting area at entrance to Kilkenny city on Waterford road with community orchard
Community apple trees are now in fruit through out our City, these trees are located along the City ring road providing autumn colour and fruit.
Kilkenny Sub Aqua complete river Nore Clean up
Clean up completed, congratulations to the Kilkenny Sub Aqua club on their big river Nore clean up during 2016!
Riverside clean up!
The entrance to the Riverside drive access to the Nore riverside walk looks a lot better today after the great spring cleaning work which has been completed. We thank the support of the Presbyterian Church in Kilkenny who came out in large numbers to work for the community. their aim is “Faith in Deed”, what a great way to do it!
