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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

MOTION NO. 11

MOTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

That this Area Committee, further to motions I’ve raised in relation to the ‘bottle bank’ placed on Griffeen Road (at entrance to embankment) request that the ‘bottle bank’ be removed/relocated. This request comes on foot of requests from the many residents living in close proximity to the ‘bottle bank’ and also on foot of email/photos received regarding the ongoing issues experienced at this ‘bottle bank’.

Email received from resident:

“Hi Leona,                                                                                                                                                         

Please find attached photos graphs for the past few Sunday mornings, over the past 3 weeks. You can see that rubbish is being rear of bottle bank, from beds, to paints to general house hold rubbish. Also, late in the evenings you can witness many cars pulling up late at night (9:30 - 12 midnight), after dark. It is being used as a meeting point to deal drugs. I can't imagine that there would be much opposition to remove bottle bank completely. It would not cost the council to remove bottle bank completely, as i'm sure its an expensive exercise cleaning up the area every Monday morning. Let me know if you wish to discuss further,”

 

REPORT:

An audit of the usage of the bottle bank at Griffeen Road shows that the amount of glass recycled at this site as of  August 2018 is 86.84 tonnes. Apart from shopping centres this figure is the third highest among the 74 bottle banks in the county. Our records also show that 13 tonnes of glass are recycled on monthly basis on the average at this bottle bank. The location is also good. While we recognise the fact that there is illegal dumping associated with this bottle bank like any other bottle bank, removing it will deprive many residents who are now used to recycle their bottles at this bottle bank. Hence we are recommending that we leave the bottle bank in this current location. We also give our commitment to frequently monitor and increase the number of times the location is visited in order to remove any litter around the bottle bank.