Mahon in is the most littered area in the country.
The findings from the latest Irish Business Against Litter survey for 2022 deemed Mahon as 'heavily littered'.
Last year, Cork's northside placed lower than Mahon in terms of cleanliness.
Councillor Lorna Bogue says the privatisation of waste management is an issue in the area:
"One of the motions that we've seen time and time again in council is waste collection and, or something that local authorities used to do. quite it's quite simply obvious that the private sector is not efficient enough or capable of delivering the efficiencies. that were promised."
