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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 14, 2015

QUESTION NO.22

QUESTION: Councillor D. O'Donovan

To ask the Chief Executive what plans are in place to deal with the recycling of Christmas trees within the County? 

REPLY:

South Dublin County Council is asking everyone to take a moment and give the environment a gift this Christmas by thinking green. Every year each household generates an estimated 55 kilograms of packaging per household. There is a lot of extra packaging waste over the Christmas period. So this Christmas South Dublin County Council is encouraging everyone to reduce and recycle their festive packaging.

Materials can be recycled at the following locations

• Ballymount Civic Amenity Centre http://www.sdcc.ie/ballymount-civic-amenity
  • Bring banks South Dublin County Council has 63 banks around the County http://www.sdcc.ie/services/recycling-waste/bring-banks
  • Batteries recycling weeeireland.ie
  • WEEE recycling: Clondalkin Community Recycling Initiative recycleit.ie

To encourage everyone to consider the effective use of resources and take an active part in re-using and up-cycling South Dublin County Council has arranged a Christmas Decoration competition for all ages.

The opening hours for the Ballymount Civic Amenity Centre is as follows:-

December 24^th                       9.30 – 15.00

December 25^th & 26^th             Closed

December 27^th                       9.30 – 17.00

December 28^th 29^th & 30^th     9.30 – 17.00

December 31^st                        9.30 – 15.00

January 1^st                              Closed

January 2^nd                             Normal opening hours.

Christmas Tree recycling is also an element of the Christmas campaign. From Wednesday 6th January 2016 to Friday 15th January 2016, there will be a Christmas Tree Collection site in your locality. This facility is for domestic household trees only and not for commercial operators.  One tree will be accepted per household/per vehicle. Signage will be placed at the various locations indicating that it is an official recycling point.

The locations for 2016 are:

Lucan

Beechpark open space

Sarsfield Park open space

Haydens Lane Car Park in Griffeen Valley Park

Foxborough open space

Palmerstown

Glenaulin Park

Woodfarm Acres

Clondalkin

Corkagh Park (St Johns Road car park)

Corkagh Park (Green Isle car park at Caravan Park entrance)

Collinstown Park

Quarryvale Park

Foxdene open space

Grand Canal open space (junction of Bawnogue and Lockview roads)

Tallaght

Raheen open space (opposite Raheen Shopping Centre)

Seán Walsh Park – Storage area (behind Old Bawn Community College) near Parks Depot off Whitestown Way.

Greenhills

Tymon Park – Limekiln car park

Tymon Park – Tymon North Road car park

Old Bawn

Church car park (beside shopping centre)

Firhouse

Car park at Cherryfield (off the link road between Firhouse Road and Spawell Roundabout)

Car park at Dodder Valley Park, Firhouse Road opposite Woodlawn Estate

Rathfarnham

Rathfarnham Castle Park – car park

Saggart

Parks Depot on Mill Lane