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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 10, 2022

QUESTION NO. 27

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report that considering Big Belly Bins are now deemed not visible how do SDCC propose to deal with the litter issue particularly large pizza boxes?

REPLY:

The disposal of pizza boxes in street litter bins gives rise to the following two issues.  In order to accept a pizza box the litter bin opening needs to be large enough to allow the box through, and this in turn would enable the disposal of bags of domestic waste in the bin.  The bins provided by this Council do not cater for such large boxes for this reason.  It is also the case that a pizza box when placed in a litter bin will cause it to block up and not allow the disposal of more litter, before the bin is actually full.

There is an onus on the vendors of takeaway pizzas to provide for the disposal of litter and waste arising from their businesses.  The Council will make contact with the relevant premises about the matter to examine how this problem can be adressed in the urban centres throughout the county.  Various options for the provision of a modified bin type in a limited number of locations for the specific purpose of accepting pizza boxes will be examined.