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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

MOTION NO. 20

MOTION: Councillor R. Nolan

"That this Committee avail of multi-waste bins which would allow people to segregate rubbish in public places which would cut landfill space requirements. In principle and action, this project would not only cut landfill costs but also aid in the battle against litter and carbon footprints."

  

REPORT:

It is a requirement of the EU Landfill Directive that all municipal solid waste is either segregated at source or processed/treated at a waste treatment plant in such a way that it is separated into compostable, recyclable and residual fractions with only the residual fraction going on to landfill. It is only possible to dispose of residual waste at a landfill when the waste has either been pre-treated in this manner, or else segregated at source, and therefore there is no waste currently going to landfill which is either compostable or recyclable. Nevertheless the Council's Environment Section in conjunction with the Environmental Awareness Officer will undertake to examine this matter to determine what measures, if any, are required and could be implemented in this regard.

It should be noted that a review of the litter bin service was carried out by the Environment Section in recent times with a report presented on the matter to the Environment SPC in February 2017. The report did not consider the matter of street bins for recyclables and there was no request from the SPC at the time to do so. The matter will be placed on the agenda of the February meeting of the SPC for an initial discussion and to agree the scope of an examination to be carried out which would in turn lead to a pilot scheme being run, if this is deemed necessary by the SPC.