6 Places Causing Cork City's Slide In Litter Rankings

11th Jan 2023

The IBAL (Irish Businesses Against Litter) survey results came out this week and Cork City has slipped in the rankings for the fifth survey in a row. We are now 38^th out of 40^th cities and towns surveyed.

Lots of areas surveyed are in good nick – street cleaners are keeping the main streets tidy but in survey after survey a small number of places in the city are repeatedly getting GRADE D in the national litter survey pulling the city’s score overall down.  

1. Kennedy Quay
2. Carmelite Place, Western Road (derelict site for 12+ years)
3. Mick Barry Road (by the Park & Ride entrance opposite Tramore Valley Park)
4. Thomas Davis Street, Blackpool
5. North Ring Road 
6. Commons Road

CORK CITY RANKING 
2020 – Survey 1 – 17^th
2020 – Survey 2 – 24^th
2021 - Survey 1 – 31^st
2021 - Survey 2 – 32^st
2022 - Survey 1 – 36^th
2022 - Survey 2 – 38^th

Here are the individual litter surveys for Cork City (ordered by latest date):

Survey 2 -2022 (38th place)
https://ibal.ie/ib/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cork-City-2-2022-Final.pdf

Survey 1 - 2022  (36th place)
https://ibal.ie/ib/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cork-City-IBAL-Survey-1-2020-Final.pdf

Survey 2 - 2021  (32nd place)
https://ibal.ie/ib/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cork-City-2-2021-Final.pdf

Survey 1 - 2021  (31st place)
https://ibal.ie/ib/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cork-City-1-2021-Final.pdf

Survey 2 - 2020 (24th place)
https://ibal.ie/ib/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Cork-City-Centre-IBAL-Survey-2-2020-Final.pdf

Survey 1 - 2020  (17th place)
https://ibal.ie/ib/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cork-City-IBAL-Survey-1-2020-Final.pdf