COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 08, 2019

QUESTION NO. 50

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the use of one use plastics within SDCC would SDCC consider a ban on one use plastics in their buildings ? Are one use un-recycleable disposable cups used in any council buildings ?

REPLY:

The Conscious Cup campaign has been actively twice in the last twelve months, whereby staff and members of the public signed a pledge and in return received a reusable Keep Cup thereby actively encouraging staff not to use single use coffee cups going forward. The Coffee Dock has actively supported this initiative by giving a price reduction to all customers who present with a Keep Cup.  It will remain necessary to provide disposable cups for take-away beverages where customers do not have reusable cups and they are not consuming the tea or coffee on the premises. Straws and plastic water cups have been removed from the Coffee dock, staff canteen, and all water dispensors throughout the building, and replaced with compostable paper cups.