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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

QUESTION NO. 11

QUESTION: Councillor B. Bonner

"Can the Council assist Clondalkin Tidy Towns with the setting up of reverse vending machines for bottles and cans?  This was mooted by the judge in the Tidy Towns report as something that  " South Dublin County Council may be able to assist with".  

REPLY:

Following from motion 10 at the July Council meeting contact was made with the Eastern Midlands Waste Region (Prevention) Office and Repak to discuss a deposit/non-deposit return scheme in South Dublin. In addition SDCC contacted Reverse Vending Corporation in the UK regarding the possibility of engaging with SDCC on a pilot project and the placement of a reverse vending machine within the county. A full report was provided to the September 2017 Environment, Public Realm and Climate Change SPC under headed item 5,  in relation to the above see full report below.

The outcome of the report was that a supplier of reverse vending machines could not currently be identified in light of National policy however the position would be revisited if there is a change on the national position. In addition management advised of a pilot initiative and availability of reusable drinking bottles instead of regular plastic bottles of water / drinks for clubs, should Tidy Towns groups be interested in running this project with a local sports group EWCC can supply the reusable bottles and waste prevent / recycling information.  

Please see full report September 2017 Environment, Public Realm and Climate Change SPC under headed item 5