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