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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

MOTION NO. 2

MOTION: Councillor E. Murphy

Cathaoirleachs Business

"That this Area Committee notes that over the past number of years there has been a rise in Christmas tree collections in aid of charities, clubs and good causes. I am requesting that SDCC put in place appropriate procedures to deal with the levels of trees arriving at the SDCC tree recycling plants and can they outline what these procedures are."

REPORT:

The Council has made arrangements again this year for the acceptance of Christmas trees for recycling at 21 sites around the County, 4 of which are in the Rathfarnham/Templeogue-Terenure area.  Efforts have been made to identify additional sites for inclusion this service however none have been identified.  The 21 sites which are used are serviced by 6 to 8 mobile crews moving from site to site with trucks and large capacity wood shredders.  The resourcing of this operation proved to be very successful in 2017/2018 and it is planned that similar resources will be assigned again this year.  Difficulties have arisen on some occasions in the past with large numbers of trees being left at some of the smaller sites by operators collecting on behalf of sports clubs.  If such a difficulty arises again then those operators will be asked to use sites which can better accomodate the larger number of trees.