Sir, – What a joy to see so many participants in the Dublin Marathon on Sunday.
What a sadness to see hundreds of almost full plastic bottles of water discarded along my road.
This must have translated to thousands over the 26-mile course.
These plastic bottles were then collected into black plastic bags along with other debris.
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Were they destined for landfill or recycling?
Organisers, you do a fabulous job, but there has to be an alternative to the plastic bottle. – Yours, etc,
PAULINE SCANNELL,
Terenure,
Dublin 12.
