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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, April 15, 2019

MOTION NO. 8

MOTION: Councillor Emma Hendrick

That this Area Committee calls on the Chief Executive to engage with the owners of Citywest Shopping Centre and have a bottle bank installed. If this site is not suitable the Council should identify a suitable site and proceed with the installation of much needed recycling facilities.

REPORT:

South Dublin County Council had a short meeting  with the manager of the Citywest Shopping Centre on the 11th  April 2019 to seek permision to install a bottle bank in any suitable place in the Shopping centre. The manager asked SDCC to put in a formal request for their consideration. South Dublin county Council inspected the car park and the surrounding areas around the shopping centre. They found an empty paved area behind a yellow building in the delivery area at the back of the shopping centre. This site is suitable as it meets the siting criteria for our bring banks. South Dublin County council wrote a letter to the manager on 12th April 2019 requesting for permision to locate a bring bank in this paved empty space. South Dublin County Council also gave a committment to regularly service the bring bank and clean the area should there be any illegal dumping.

On 12th April 2019, the manager replied that they are unable to allow us to locate the bring bank in the area identified as they need the area for their future use. They also stated that they are not in position to allow us to locate the bring bank within the customer parking spaces or any other area within the shopping centre.

South Dublin County Council explored other areas outside the Citywest Shoping Centre but no suitable location has been found yet.SDCC  will continue to explore more areas.