COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
QUESTION NO. 5
QUESTION: Councillor Yvonne Collins
To ask the Chief Executive what measures are under consideration to respond to the proposal by the Department of Climate Change to ban textiles from general waste, given that textiles accounted for 80,000 tonnes of waste last year, making up 10% of the content of general household waste bins.
REPLY:
The Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (DCCAE) is seeking views, through Public Consultation, on the development of a new Waste Action Plan for Ireland as part of the move to a more Circular Economy where resources are kept in use for as long as possible and then recycled or reused at the end of their service life.
The Minister of Communications, Climate Change and the Environment announced this "Public Consultation Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy", details of which can be found at the following link; https://www.dccae.gov.ie/en-ie/environment/consultations/Pages/Public-Consultation-Waste-Action-Plan-for-a-Circular-Economy.aspx
As part of the Public Consultation, the DCCAE has issued a Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, section 10 of which deals with Textiles and raises a number of questions which they are seeking submissions and responses on.
The Public Consultation will close at 5pm on Friday 21st February 2020.
SDCC will examine any new measures arising from the results of the DCCAE Public Consultation and subsequent new waste policy / circular economy plan
It should be noted that currently there are a total of 70 Bring sites in the South Dublin County Council area and that there are facilities to deposit textiles at 31 of these sites.