COMHAIRLE CHONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TERENURE-RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE 2

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

MOTION No. 14

MOTION: Councillor C. Keane

"That this Committee discusses the recycling/Green bin  facilities provided at gated apartments in the TRAC area with a view to having an improvement in this area of recycling, and to outline the current situation."

REPORT:

The Council provides a grey bin service to approximately 3,222 apartments in the county generally. Of these in the region of 1,731 also receive a green bin service from the Council. The Council proposes to extend the green bin service to all apartment dwellings which receive a refuse collection from the Council and arrangements are in hand for the contractor to extend the green bin service to the remainder of the 3,222 apartments as soon as possible. 

 

There are approximately a further 4,763 apartments in the County who do not avail of the Council’s waste collection service. The waste management  service to these is provided by private waste collectors through the management companies for the particular complex(s). Some of these apartments also receive a recycling service but there are no statistics available to the Council as yet in this regard.

In order to assist in the achievement of recycling targets as set out in the Waste Management Plan for the Dublin Region 2005 – 2010, the Council’s objective is that every householder and apartment resident in the county should be able to avail of a segregated waste service and methods of how to achieve this objective are the subject of ongoing review.