PURE Education Pack launched
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PURE Education Pack Launch
PRESS RELEASE 9th January 2008
The Mayor of South Dublin County Council Billy Gogarty launched the PURE (Protecting Uplands and Rural Environments) Education Pack for Primary Schools in County Hall, Tallaght on Wednesday 9th January 2008 at 11am.
Pupils from Glenasmole National School, who took part in the recent PURE Poster Competition, were present at the launch along with their Principal and representatives from South Dublin County Council and PURE. The winner of the poster competition was Orla Mooney and her poster is included in the Education Pack which will be distributed to all Primary Schools in South Dublin County.
Speaking at the launch Mayor Billy Gogarty said South Dublin County Council does not tolerate illegal dumping and this education pack will help to generate awareness of the terrible effects illegal dumping has on our environment. Through this awareness we hope to stamp out illegal dumping and create a cleaner environment for all to enjoy.
South Dublin County Council is one of the partners that support the PURE (Protecting Uplands & Rural Environments) Project - an environmental project established to combat the increase in illegal dumping/fly-tipping that occurs in the Wicklow/Dublin uplands. The PURE project is the first of its kind in Ireland where it brings together a number of statutory and non-statutory organisations in a joint endeavour to combat illegal dumping activities.
PURE (Protecting Upland & Rural Environments), is a partnership project which incorporates local authorities including: Wicklow County Council, South Dublin County Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Dublin City Council, with Coillte, National Parks & Wildlife Service, ESB, and a number of non-statutory organisations represented by the Wicklow Uplands Council, in a joint endeavour to halt incidents of illegal dumping in the Wicklow/Dublin upland regions.
For further information contact Claire Hinch, Environmental Awareness Section