Sports clubs in Waterford will be doing their bit to keep Waterford City clean again this summer.

It’s part of a collaboration between Tom Murphy Volkswagen and the Granville Hotel and gets underway tonight.

Volkswagon brand ambassador Austin Gleeson is also supporting the event.

Waterford was crowned Ireland’s cleanest City in January however it slipped down the rankings in the latest IBAL survey.

Tom Murphy Volkswagen & the Granville hotel will provide eight local sporting clubs with a set of Jerseys each to clean a specified area marked as a litter black spot. The chosen clubs will each be assigned an area to tidy, and the first cleanups to take place tonight and the second cleanups to take place during the third week of August.

Judging takes place after the final clean up in August. Waterford Council will supply bags, litter pickers, gloves etc.

“We are with the Granville hotel and Austin Gleeson delighted to be involved with this endeavour to keep Waterford beautiful. This is our second year organising the event, we managed to help retain the title last year but Waterford has since dropped several places, so as a community we need to help solve this litter problem. Every litter helps” said Tom Murphy Volkswagen Dealer Principal.