COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

MOTION NO. 13

MOTION: Councillor R. Nolan

That this Area Committee agree to take out the bottle banks on Griffeen Road just up from Moyglas. There is constantly glass on the footpath which has injured some dog's paws that were being walked. All sorts of rubbish is being dumped there, there was even a chair there this week.

REPORT:

The Council at present has 44 glass recycling bring bank sites distributed across the County and in the region of 5,000 tonnes of glass is recycled through these sites each year.  Each of the 44 sites contributes around an average of 100 tonnes of glass per year to that total, with some of the better used sites contributing substantially more than this. The Council is not in favour of removing the site at Griffeen Road/Moyglas, it is well established and is one of the most widely used sites in the County. Recent experience suggests that if this site is removed it will not be possible to find a replacement and this would have a detrimental effect on the provision of recycling services to the community in the area.

The Council's Public Realm Section will examine the cleaning arrangements which are in place at this site and will arrange to have them improved in order to deal with the issues highlighted here. Arrangements will be made to have the area around the bring bank swept on a weekly basis in order to remove fragments of broken glass. The site will be inspected regularly with regard to illegal dumping and any such incidents will be responded to without delay by our public realm crews.