TOBIN works together in partnership with the DECC and all 31 Irish Local Authorities to achieve the NLPMS project and build on our experience of litter in Ireland year on year.
In our role as the Litter Monitoring Body, TOBIN also played a role through our co-ordination of all aspects of the NLPMS project. Our project tasks include the training of Local Authority staff, data collation and analysis of the litter survey results from all 31 Local Authorities in Ireland, auditing and reporting. TOBIN produce a National Systems Report and Audit Report each year for publication by the Minister of the DECC and 31 individual Local Authority results reports.
The NL PMS project enables Local Authorities to gauge year on year:
• The extent and the severity of litter pollution in each local authority area;
• The types, most likely sources and causes of litter pollution;
• The changes in litter levels from location to location and over time;
• The location of litter black spots; and
• The impact of new anti-litter measures.
