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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

QUESTION NO.  6

QUESTION: Councillor J. Lahart

"To ask the Manager for details regarding the provision for apartments and gated communities regarding brown bin provision?"

REPLY:

The Brown Bin scheme has been under discussion with Unions for some time and while some operational issues have to be resolved plans are now at an advanced stage. It is envisaged that the service will be fully rolled out to all Customers within the first quarter of 2010. This is essential to allow the Council to be compliant with national targets for the diversion of bio-degradable waste from landfill by the deadline date of July 2010.

Councillors will be advised of the roll out arrangements and service details in the coming weeks.

In accordance with the Third Schedule of the Council's Storage, Presentation and Collection of Household Waste Bye-Laws 2007 the following items can be put in the brown bin:

Kitchen food scraps/fruit & vegetables

Meat, fish, poultry & bones

Tea bags, coffee grinds & paper filters

Breads, cakes & biscuits

Soups & sauces, eggs & dairy products

Out of date foods (cheese, yoghurt etc. – no plastic packaging)

Paper napkins & paper towels

Food soiled in light cardboard or paper (no coated paper)

Grass clippings, leaves & plant trimmings (up to finger sized twigs)

Cut flowers, old plants, moss & weeds – (no weed killer

 

Bio-degradable waste will continue to be accepted at the Ballymount Civic Amenity.