Hundreds of plastic bottles

Aftermath of Dublin Marathon

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.