The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a new iPhone App, See it? Say it!, to help people to report environmental pollution in their towns and villages. The new App makes it easy for people to report a pollution incident the moment they see it. Using the App you can now take a photograph of the pollution incident, input GPS location coordinates, add a summary description of what you want to convey and your contact details and this will automatically be sent to the relevant local authority for follow up.
This App complements the 24 hour nationwide environmental complaints phoneline – 1850 365 121 – which is already in place. So, you can now report issues such as backyard burning, flytipping, water pollution, odours and littering by using the new iPhone App or by phoning the complaints line.
David Flynn, EPA Programme Manager, says: “We want to make it easy for people who ‘See Something’ to ‘Say Something’. This App is another way for people to report environmental pollution incidents and we hope they will download and use the App’s simple reporting methods to protect their local areas. The App is currently available for iPhone customers and the EPA hopes to extend this to Android phones.”