COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, January 15, 2018
QUESTION NO.8
QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor
To ask the Chief Executive to confirm his plans to further encourage recycling throughout our County and will he give details of proposals for new Bring Banks.
REPLY:
A review of the County Recycling Strategy was carried out in 2015/2016 and the findings presented to the Environment SPC at the February 2016 meeting. The report presented is available on cmas at the following link http://intranet/cmas/documentsbyitem.aspx?itemid=47627http://intranet/cmas/documentsbyitem.aspx?itemid=47627
The report gave details of 70 existing bring bank sites in the County which includes glass, can and textile recycling sites and identified a target of 120 to be achieved by the end of the period of the strategy which is the end of 2021. The report proposed the removal of the requirement to site bring banks a minimum of 50 metres away from the nearest house, and to replace it with a requirement to consult the property owners affected within this radius, and this was agreed by the SPC. The report also identified a number of actions/next steps to be carried out and these were as follows -
- Replace bring bank sites lost or expected to be lost in the near future (Brittas Community Centre, Avoca Handweavers and Roadstone Social Club).
- The requirement to provide additional facilities in the Clondalkin area. A number of sites (Neilstown Shopping Centre and Rowlagh Community Centre) were assessed in the past but failed the assessment, these should now be re-examined in light of the change in siting requirements.
- Other sites in other locations were proposed and examined in the past which also failed the assessment. These sites (Woodford Shopping Centre, Lidl car park on New Nangor Road and Newcastle Village) should now also be re-examined in light of the change in siting requirements.
- The strategy document identifies 70 bring bank sites in total which are currently in place around the County, 45 of these have glass recycling banks (25 have not) and 38 have textile banks (32 have not). All 70 sites will now be examined to determine if they are suitable for the placing of containers for both waste streams.
- The availability of recycling infrastructure around the County will now be examined in its totality to determine where any deficits may exist and how these can be addressed. In this regard the requirement to have a recycling facility within 1km of every house will be examined.
In relation to item 1 above, the sites at Avoca and Roadstone have been retained to date however the site at Brittas which was lost has not yet been replaced.
In relation to sites mentioned at 2 & 3 above, all these have been reassessed and a report on the outcome will presented to the Clondalkin ACM in the New Year. A total of 2 potential sites have been identified from this process in the Clondalkin area.
The work referred to under items 4 & 5 above is underway but not yet completed.
In addition recycling is encouraged and promoted on an ongoing basis, and will continue to be, though the implementation of the Environmental Awareness actions in Litter Management and Waste Management plans. This is achieved through the use of multiple channels e.g. provision of workshops, talks, competitions, seasonal campaigns, educational information etc. An example of one such initiative was the recent Environmental Awareness campaign during the month of December, where recycling, food waste reduction and waste minimisation and prevention were all promoted. Communications on these areas were disseminated through the South Dublin today magazine, local media, www.sdcc.ie and social media.
Christmas recycling campaign: http://www.sdcc.ie/services/recycling-and-waste/christmas-2017
Christmas recycling decoration competition: http://www.sdublincoco.ie/index.aspx?pageid=939&pid=38369