COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, April 12, 2010
QUESTION NO. 13
QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney
To ask the Manager to provide a report on the roll-out of the brown bin service?
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 being advanced for the introduction of the service as soon as is possible. Following a tender process, a contractor has been appointed to provide and manage the distribution of brown bins to customers and the roll-out will commence as soon as final agreement is reached with unions regarding the collection arrangements for grey and brown bins. It is envisaged that the service will be fully rolled out in compliance with national targets for the diversion of bio-degradable waste from landfill by the deadline date of July 2010.
Compliance with the deadline date of July 2010 is critical to the future of the Council's waste function as only pre-treated waste can be accepted at landfills from that date forward. Councillors and customers will be advised of the roll out arrangements and service details as soon as possible. It is expected that the first deliveries will begin in mid to late May 2010.
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- Out of date foods (cheese, yoghurt etc.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)