Don’t let a Greasy Grinch spoil your Christmas #ThinkB4UPour

As the holiday season approaches and our kitchens take centre stage, Clean Coasts, in collaboration with Uisce Éireann, urges you to think twice before pouring fats, oils, and greases down the sink to prevent blockages in your wastewater pipes. This Christmas and New Year keep the Greasy Grinch out of your home and ‘Think Before […]

Planning a trip to the coast? Submit your best shots of the Irish coast for a chance to win from a prize fund of €6,000

This Saturday, 19th August, we celebrate World Photography Day. To mark the day, enter Clean Coasts’ 14th edition of the annual Love Your Coast photography competition. Photographers are invited to capture and celebrate the breathtaking uniqueness of our coastal landscapes, heritage, wildlife and communities. Ireland has some of the most spectacular coastlines in the world and […]

Registrations are open for the Big Beach Clean

150 groups and individuals already registered to join the World biggest clean-up with Irish environmental programme Clean Coasts and to be part of a citizen science project  Clean Coasts, supported by Cully and Sully, is thrilled to announce the return of the Big Beach Clean initiative. The programme is asking participants to sign up to […]

This Halloween Clean Coasts and Irish Water remind people to never flush wet wipes down the toilet as they might come back to haunt you!

The Think Before You Flush Campaign, operated by Clean Coasts in partnership with Irish Water, is urging people to stop flushing wipes down the toilet. In doing so, everyone will help combat frightening fatbergs, wastewater blockages and scary sewage related litter on our beaches this Halloween. Afterall, there is nothing spookier than waste that comes […]

The Beach Clean 2021 is kicking off this weekend in Tipperary

After a break in 2020, over 100 volunteers have signed up for Clean Coasts’ Big Beach Clean 2021 and are ready to tackle marine litter at its source in County Tipperary. The event will be launched on Friday 17th of September and will run until the 19th of September, the same weekend as International Coastal […]

Tipperary communities reminded to Think Before You Flush on World Toilet Day

Clean Coasts, Irish Water and the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) have collaborated to highlight the “Think Before You Flush” campaign on World Toilet Day as they unveil an installation of four toilets with a difference. The toilets will be displayed in Heuston and Connolly stations in Dublin. The collaboration marks the launch […]

Clean Coasts and Irish Water remind the people of Tipperary not to use the sink as a bin this Easter as Irish Water cleared almost 1,500 sewer blockages already this year

With Easter coming up, Clean Coasts and Irish Water are reminding the people of Tipperary not to pour gravy or fats oils and greases (FOGs) from the Easter roast down the sink as Irish Water reveal that almost 1,500 sewer blockages have been cleared across the country already this year. That’s 125 blockages every single […]

Clean Coasts and Irish Water ask the people of Tipperary not to pour fats, oils and greases down the drain

Clean Coasts and Irish Water have launched their “Think Before You Pour” Christmas campaign to raise awareness of the damage caused by pouring fats, oils and greases from the roast turkey Christmas dinner down the kitchen sink. Fats, oils and greases (FOGs) may seem like liquid when poured but once they reach the pipes they […]