Donegal communities come together to launch Spring Clean 22

It is hoped that over 1,000 volunteers will carry out up to 100 clean-ups throughout Donegal over the coming weeks. 

So far, a large number of groups and communities have already registered to carry out a clean as part of the National Spring Clean 2022. 

It is also an opportunity for volunteers to take local actions to make a change at a global scale as combined local actions can have a global effect on how we dispose and treat our waste. 

This has a substantial impact on the levels of emissions of several greenhouse gasses which contribute to climate change.

National Spring Clean is operated by the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce in partnership with Local Authorities and supported by the Department of Environment, Communications and Climate Environment and Mars Wrigley Ireland.  

The initiative takes part in the month of April and, for the past 23 years, National Spring Clean has volunteered over 12 million hours of their time to remove 42,000 tonnes of litter across the country. 

Community spirit is integral to the work that The National Spring Clean does and each year communities from all over the country come together to ensure their local areas are as clean as possible for everyone to enjoy together. 

For those who would like to organise a clean-up please log on to our website at www.nationalspringclean.org to request a free clean-up kit.