Actions

Responsibility

Time Frame

1

Raise awareness of roles and responsibility of various stakeholder relating to litter management

Enforcement & Licensing

Ongoing

2

Implement all relevant legislation, regulations and bye-laws

Enforcement & Licensing

Ongoing active enforcement of all provisions of the Litter Pollution Act 1997, as amended, Waste Management Acts & associated regulations, Control of Dogs – dog fouling

Legal Proceedings

September to November

21 cases referred for prosecution

6 cases listed for court hearing

0 appeals listed for Court Hearing

3

Continue to operate the Customer Relations Management Systems (MembersNet, FYS, Customer Contact System, Environmental Complaints System) to track complaints/reports from initial contact to resolution

Enforcement & Licensing

September to November 2017

Total - 1439

Membersnet - 215

Fix Your Street – 267

E.C.S. - 957

4

Maintain high profile targeted warden service with foot and drive by patrols as appropriate in towns, villages, cemeteries and allotments

Enforcement & Licensing

Ongoing foot patrols by Litter Warden service, with particular emphasis on county towns and villages. All incidents reported investigated for evidence

Fixed Payments Notices issued

September to November

Illegal Dumping/Litter - 202

Owner / occupier failure to keep land litter free   - 5

Unauthorised Posters / Advertising /Signage - 18

Failure to keep footpath/margin free of litter - 4

5

Examine alternative Warden Service uniform

Enforcement & Licensing

Ongoing

6

Use overt and covert CCTV cameras and technologies to monitor areas prone to illegal dumping and to support enforcement action

Enforcement & Licensing

CCTV/ Rapid Deployment Cameras provided at various locations.

Audio devices reinstalled at Ballyowen Bottle Banks and Sean Walsh Park Bottle Banks

Purchase of additional new equipment and technologies for deployment in new year.

7

Engage on a regional basis to develop solutions to tackle dumping in the Dublin region (Smart Dublin)

Enforcement & Licensing

Smart Dublin – SBIR - Seeking low cost, innovative, technological solutions in the form of products, services or applications to tackle illegal dumping in the Dublin region

Phase 1 nearing conclusion.   Competition from within existing Phase 1 participants to select participants for Phase 11 funding.

8

Manage and maintain Memorandums of Understanding with utility companies in relation to graffiti removal

Enforcement & Licensing

Ongoing

3 Year MOU signed with ESB Networks

1 Year MoU signed with Eir

1 Year MoU to be signed in Q4 with Virgin Media

9

Operation of village cleaning programme including weekend service

Public Realm

Continuous Village cleansing in all town and village centres daily (Monday to Friday and Sundays).

Ongoing Litter bin and cleaning service carried out in various parks on bank holiday weekends (Sean Walsh, Tymon, Corkagh, and Griffeen Valley).

10

Planned and scheduled clean-ups of identified litter blackspots in the county

Public Realm

Ongoing clean-ups of blackspots (scheduled & planned) 

11

Servicing and maintenance of Bring Banks to ensure that they are litter free

Public Realm

Continuous service of textile facilities being carried out by three service providers (74 recycling/ bring centres)

12

Conclude review litter bin provision in Public Realm having regard to Litter Bin Placement Protocol

Public Realm

Solar(Big Belly)street pilot agreed for Rathfarnham – to be procured

13

Enforce litter control measures in Conditions of Allocation for Playing Fields

Public Realm

Ongoing

14

Targeted inspection of playing pitches with high litter issues

Public Realm

Ongoing – Notice issues to clubs on a weekly basis regarding clean-up post matches.

15

Use of internal systems to track and manage the removal graffiti from public property.

Public Realm

Reported Graffiti tracked on CC system.

MOU in place with various utility companies where reports are forwarded to the relevant bodies for scheduled removal.

16

Targeted programme to remove bonfire material from public places in advance of Halloween

Public Realm

Pre-Halloween Bonfire commenced early October.      c 300 locations (excluding duplicate locations) advising of stockpiling.

55 tonnes of bonfire materials was collected by the over the Bank Holiday weekend and including Tuesday 31^st October 2017.

156 tonnes was collected by SDCC staff and it is estimated that the vast majority of this was material intended for bonfires in two weeks prior to Bank Holiday weekend. 

Post Halloween 201 tonnes of waste was removed

17

Mapping of Halloween bonfires to identify trends and inform planned interventions

Public Realm

388 bonfires mapped

18

Clean up and removal of Halloween bonfire material in timely manner

Public Realm

388 locations cleared

19

Operate Laneway Maintenance programme at identified locations across the county and continue to seek solutions to issue

Public Realm

Ongoing

20

Provide scheduled waste removal for registered local community groups engaged in community clean ups

Public Realm

Weekly scheduled clean up pickups in tandem with SCS for Q4. (Sept to 4/12/2017) Is  554

21

Participation and support for National Spring Clean events

Public Realm

22

Promote Anti-Litter & Anti-graffiti (dog fouling, anti-litter, illegal dumping, anti-graffiti etc ) radio and cinema advertisement campaign

Communication & Awareness

The tackle litter, illegal dumping and dog fouling advert have been running in the cinema in liffey valley and Tallaght. The Dog fouling advert ran for 52 spots over this quarter on 98fm and Q102 . Anti litter till receipts continues to run on Super Valu receipts

23

Administer Anti-Litter and

Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant

Communication & Awareness

2017 AL/AG grant has been paid to all successful applicants

24

Promote environmental schools poster and slogan competition

Communication & Awareness

The poster competition for 2017-2018 school year will be advertised on the schools page and also in the September issue of the Green times newsletter.

25

Promote the Green Dog Walkers initiative and responsible dog ownership

Communication & Awareness

GDW initiative and responsible dog ownership continue to be promoted eg, dog licences and social media.

The new Anti Dog Fouling advert has been advertised in the cinema since the end of October

26

Promote National Gum Litter Task Force

Communication & Awareness

The Gum Litter Task Force was launched in SDCC on Tuesday 30th May with the Deputy Mayor in Clondalkin Village. The national campaign continues to be advertised on National Television and in the cinema

27

Promote and support the PURE Initiative

Communication & Awareness

Pure awards took place on the 03^rd October.

28

Promote and support Tidy Towns Initiative through grant schemes eg LA21, Anti Litter and Anti Graffiti Awareness

Communication & Awareness

“Adopt a Bring Bank” continues to be promoted through the PPN, Tidy Towns and social credits groups 

29

Review and promote Social Credit Scheme

Communication & Awareness

The second edition of the SCS newsletter went out in December

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30

Support community groups through Social Credit Scheme

Communication & Awareness

Community clean-ups:

Sept – 205

Oct – 240

Nov- 252

Dec – 62 (up to 04/12/2017)

The New Community Minor Landscaping scheme has been approved and 9 projects are no under way.

31

Provide support   and administer the Green Schools Programme

Communication & Awareness

Green Schools seminar - 21^st September to encourage all schools to take part in the programme

Green time newsletter dissemination in September outlining supports for schools

Workshops have been provided during Halloween, ReUSe month and Christmas.   2 Schools visited the rediscovery centre in November

32

Promote Seasonal Campaigns

Communication & Awareness

Oct – Reuse month, with a launch in SDCC. Schools took part in workshops and community groups took part upcycling skills.

Oct – Halloween, Bulbs not bonfires, Ballymount passes, leaf collection.As part of Halloween there was recycling workshops in schools.

Nov – EWWR , there was reuse workshops and school trips to the rediscovery centre

DEC – Environmental Recycled decoration completion. Workshops were held in the libraries to encourage children to recycle. There is a media campaign through sdcc.ie , local newspapers and social media to advertise recycling over the Christmas period