COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, March 11, 2024
QUESTION NO.16
QUESTION: Councillor M. Lynch
To ask the manager for a progress report on actions taken to date on implementing the motion to ban single use plastic bottles and single use beverage cups as agreed at the January Council meeting.
REPLY:
Since the agreement of the Motion at the January meeting in relation to the banning of purchase, sale and distribution of single use plastic beverage bottles and single use cups from June 1st 2024, the Council has contacted our caterers in County Hall to commence implementing the motion.
Single use beverage cups have been eliminated from the staff canteen for some years. Beverage cups used in the Coffee Dock, which are mainly used by visitors to the Council offices, are compostable with a recyclable option used only as necessary.
A meeting will shortly take place to further explore single use plastic bottle alternatives and we continue to work with our caterers to identify opportunities to further reduce plastics.
While we cannot ban plastic bottles, the Irish Deposit Return Scheme which was launched on February 1st will improve recycling rates. The Minister of State with responsibility for Communications and Circular Economy, Ossian Smyth, has appointed the Deposit Return Scheme Ireland CLG, trading as Re-turn to operate the scheme. Now when you buy a drink in a plastic bottle, aluminium or steel can that features the Re-turn logo, you pay a small deposit in addition to the price of the drink. On returning your empty, undamaged container to any retail outlet, you get your deposit back in full. There are return points all across Ireland. https://re-turn.ie/
South Dublin County Council has installed 23 public drinking water stations to date in various locations around the county as listed below, one additional unit is currently being installed and a further 14 more units are proposed to be installed under various projects in the near future. To date the Council's public drinking water stations have distributed a total of 168,103 litres of water and have effectively kept 336,206 single-use plastic bottles from being disposed of and going on to be recycled, recovered or landfilled.
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Lucan Village |
Main Street |
in place |
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Lucan Village |
Main Street |
proposed |
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Lucan Village |
Dublin Road adjacent to McDonalds |
proposed |
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Lucan Village |
Main Street |
proposed |
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Rathcoole Village |
Main Street |
in place |
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Tymon Pk 1 Nth |
Limekiln Road Car Park |
in place |
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Tymon Pk 2 (Rangers Station) |
Adjacent to Tymon Depot |
in place |
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Kiltipper Park |
Adjacent to Ellensborough Downs |
proposed |
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Clondalkin Village |
Adjacent to Clondalkin Civic Offices |
in place |
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Rathfarnham Castle |
Within Rathfarnham Castle park |
in place |
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Waterstown Pk |
Within the park |
in place |
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Corkagh PK Nth |
Within the park |
in place |
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Corkagh PK Sth |
Within the park |
in place |
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Dodder Valley Pk |
Adjacent to Sports Pavillion |
in place |
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Clondalkin Commmunity Centre |
Adjacent to swimming pool |
in place |
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Collinstown Pk |
N/A |
proposed |
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Ballycragh Park |
Ballycragh Pk Teen Space |
in place |
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Tallaght |
Belgard Extension Project - Tallaght Luas Stop |
Under construction |
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Tallaght |
Rua Red |
in place |
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Tallaght |
Belgard Extension Project - Park beside Innovation Centre |
proposed |
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Tallaght |
Belgard Extension Project - Park beside Innovation Centre |
proposed |
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Tallaght |
Belgard Extension Project - Park beside Innovation Centre |
proposed |
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Adamstown |
Tandys Lane Park SDZ |
in place |
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Adamstown |
Tandys Lane Park SDZ |
in place |
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Adamstown |
Tandys Lane Park SDZ |
in place |
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Adamstown |
Airlie Park |
In place |
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Adamstown |
Airlie Park |
In place |
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Adamstown |
Airlie Park |
In place |
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Rathfarnham |
Dodder View Rd Car Park |
in place |
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Rathfarnham |
Beechfield Park |
in place |
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Rathfarnham |
Between Barton Rd Ext + Hermitage Estate |
in place |
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Saggart Village |
Saggart Plaza |
In place |
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Rathcoole |
Rathcoole Park near MUGA |
Proposed |
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Lucan |
Griffeen Valley Pk Playground |
Proposed |
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Lucan |
Griffeen Valley Pk Haydens Lane |
Proposed |
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Firhouse |
Carrigmore Park |
Proposed |
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Jobstown |
Jobstown Park |
Proposed |
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Quarryvale |
Quarryvale Park |
Proposed |