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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor C. Keane

"To ask the  Manager for an update on the implementation of the Brown Bin system in the Rathfarnham area?"

REPLY:

The implementation of the brown bin system is the subject of intense discussions with the waste collection staff representatives in the context of the necessary restructuring of the service that is required to facilitate its introduction.

A contractor has been appointed to supply and deliver brown bins throughout the County and it is anticipated that this will commence immediately upon completion of the discussions referred to above to comply 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• Out of date foods (cheese, yoghurt etc.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)