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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 12, 2022

QUESTION NO.12

QUESTION: Councillor Lyn Hagin Meade

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the disposal of artificial Christmas trees post-Christmas 2022. Report to confirm if there will be amnesty collection points, like those that take place for live Christmas trees or mattresses?

REPLY:

The Christmas tree recycling service provided annually by the Council's public realm section is a service for the acceptance, shredding and recycling of real Christmas trees only.  Approximately 20 sites around the county are designated as drop off-points for the public to use, the trees are shredded on site and the shredded material is stored in public realm depots and used in landscaping projects throughout the course of the following year.  In the region of 20,000 to 30,000 trees are shredded each year with approximatley 250 to 300 tonnes of shredded material recycled from this initiative.  Any resident wishing to dispose of an artifical Christmas tree can do so at the Council's Civic Amenity and Waste Recycling Centre in Ballyount Industrial Estate.