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Principal Activity - Objectives - Strategies - Measurement:

6.  Protecting and Improving the Environment

The unique position of local government in caring for the environment makes the protection and improvement of the environment a priority.

Objectives:

  • Provide a clean living environment for the citizens of Sligo
  • Promote the conservation of areas of natural environmental value
  • Protect and improve water and air quality in Sligo
  • Reduce the amount of waste going to landfill

Strategies:

  • Promote sustainable development
  • Continue to implement and enforce the following plans:
    1. The Connaught Waste Management Plan
    2. The Litter Management Plan
    3. Water Quality Management Plans
  • Enforce appropriate Environmental Legislation
  • Enforce the ‘Polluter Pays’ Principle
  • Inform and educate the community on environmental issues
  • Promote best practice in all environmental management and practices
  • Promote an understanding of the shared responsibilities in protecting and improving the environment

Measurement:

  • The level of quality of the public and private water supply using EU and National standards
  • Numbers of rivers and lakes of satisfactory water quality
  • Level of waste going to landfill
  • Level of waste recycled
  • Litter levels


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