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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TERENURE-RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE (2)

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

MOTION NO. 15

MOTION: Councillor C. Keane

"That this committee discusses the options available/not available for recycling various types of plastic e.g. loose plastic; food trays; plastic bags; etc etc. as it is not accepted anywhere - for recycling and ends up in black bin, which is not conducive to zero waste objective of some households - only certain types of plastic are acceptable in Green bin."

REPORT:

The Council's Ballymount Civic Amenity Facility has three bins provided for plastics:

1 - Bottles only

2 - Soft plastics only i.e. bags, bubble wrap, shrink wrap and plastic packaging  - note : No food contaminated containers accepted

3 - Hard Plastics only i.e. Garden furniture, plastic piping etc

The company providing the service to remove/recycle plastic waste streams from the Ballymount Civic Amenity facility carry out on site inspections for contaminated plastic and from that any contaminated loads are rejected.