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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

MOTION NO. 5

MOTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Committee asks the Chief Executive to consider providing wheelie bins to clubs where litter can be disposed of during training / matches."

REPORT:

While acknowledging the sentimens of the motion in an attempt to eliminate littering at playing facililities, since the Council exited the waste collection market at the end of 2011 it no longer holds or provides waste disposal recepticles other than public litter bins.

Litter control measures are conditioned as part of the annual pitch allocation, and clubs are required to enure litter control measurers are in place at times of usage. 

As part of the 2016 Litter Management Action Plan, a pilot scheme was introduced to promote the use of reusable drinking bottles targeting gyms, sports centres and secondary schools. The aim of the pilot reusable water bottles scheme was to assist with the prevention and reduction in use of disposable plastic bottles. 

Teams and club members are invited to request litter prevention promotional materials including reusable water bottles from the Environmental Awareness section as part of an awareness initiative promoting waste prevent and the use of reusable bottles during training/matches.