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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

MOTION NO. 8

MOTION: Councillor B. Ferron

"That this Committee calls on the Chief Executive to provide a date when the bottle banks will be finally removed on the Avonbeg Road. Myself and several other Councillors have raised this in the Committee yet the problems with dumping persist."

REPORT:

"The Council's Environment Section has given a commitment in the past to remove the bottle banks on Avonbeg Road if an alternative location can be found for them, a large quantity of glass is recycled at this site each year and the removal of the facility without replacing it would have a detrimental effect on the efforts of the local community to recycle glass in a responsible manner.  It has proven to be very difficult over the years to obtain any new sites for bottle banks and this is the case in relation to Avonbeg. 

The land adjacent to the Bolbrook Enterprise centre has been suggested in the past as a possible alternative site.  The proposal has now been examined with the Council's traffic section in relation to the access and parking that would be required at this location, and it is felt that no issues arise in this regard that cannot be overcome.  The placing of a recycling bring bank facility at this location would potentially have an impact on both the Bolbrook Enterprise Centre and on the residents of Avonmore Avenue and Bolbrook Avenue which lie closest to the site.  Consultation with any resident, property owner or tenant within 50 metres of the proposed site will be required before the facility can be relocated.  Once that consultation has been carried out it will then be possible to determine how to proceed on this matter and to establish a timeframe for the work involved."