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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 17, 2016

QUESTION NO.1

QUESTION: Councillor E. Fanning

To ask the Chief Executive for details of the Council's policy on the management of bins in public parks:

(a) Are bins being reduced in number?

(b) Are adequate staff supplied for the emptying of existing bins?

(c) Can requests be made for additional bins by those living locally?

REPLY:

A review of litter bin provision in the County, including in parks, is currently being carried out by the Council's public realm section.  The outcome of the review is to be presented in report form to the Environment, Public Realm and Climate Change SPC and it is hoped that this will be done at the November 2016 meeting.

In general litter bins are provided in regional parks where there is an established need for them.  There are some exceptions to this, where litter bins have been provided in local parks close to play facilities for example. 

(A) While there is a need from time to time to remove some litter bins, for example those which have been vandalised or are being regularly used for the unauthorised disposal of domestic waste, the general trend regarding litter bin provision is that the numbers of both street bins and bins in parks are increasing. 

(B) Litter bins in park locations are serviced and maintained by park maintenance staff, therefore it is necessary to restrict the installation of litter bins to parks where there are permanent maintenance staff in place.  Litter bins in 650 street locations are serviced by a number of staff operating dedicated litter bin collection routes. 

(C) The public realm section is happy to accept requests and recommendations for additional bins from the public and elected members.  Each location will be examined to determine if there is a need for a litter bin and if so a bin will be installed in due course.