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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, February 09, 2026
QUESTION NO. 18
QUESTION: Councillor N. Fennell
To ask the Chief Executive to report, in tabular form, details of all glass bottle banks under its jurisdiction, including any newly introduced units, including details of the tonnage of glass recycled in 2025, 2024 and 2023 and detailing any planned new sites for 2026.
REPLY:
Currently SDCC operates Bring Banks with glass collection at 45 locations around the county. The public realm team are looking to identify additional suitable sites, with a particular focus in the Rathcoole, City West, Adamstown and North Clondalkin areas, to ensure the council achieves its target of providing glass recycling facilities within 1km of residential properties. It should be noted, due to potential noise issues, suitable convenient site identification in urban areas can be problematic, due to the required separation distance of 50m from the glass collection location to residential properties. Bring Banks - SDCC
The following is the list of SDCC Bring Banks with glass collection in operation since 2023.
|
SDCC Glass Collection Site |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Aherns Public House Car Park |
184.5 |
191.8 |
159.9 |
|
Ashleaf SC ® |
196.1 |
197.2 |
228.5 |
|
Avoca Rathcoole |
168.2 |
158.7 |
174.1 |
|
B&Q Liffey Valley (R) |
6.7 |
43.4 |
99.9 |
|
Bawnogue Enterpise Centre |
44.2 |
7.1 |
6.5 |
|
Bohernabreena Bus Terminal |
|
47.2 |
43.5 |
|
Clock Tower Pub |
141.9 |
141.9 |
126.2 |
|
Corkagh Park |
83.6 |
88.9 |
56.7 |
|
Corkagh Park Green Isle Road |
51.7 |
21.8 |
30.9 |
|
Corkagh Park West |
New Site in 2025 |
|
10.8 |
|
Dodder Riverbank Carpark |
New Site in 2024 |
13.8 |
50.3 |
|
Fettercairn Community Centre |
39.9 |
49.9 |
48.6 |
|
Firhouse Community Centre |
251.8 |
222.9 |
221.2 |
|
Grange Castle Business Park |
2.0 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
|
Grange Road |
108.1 |
107.9 |
110.8 |
|
Greenhills Community Centre |
36.8 |
34.6 |
33.3 |
|
Griffeen Road |
125.8 |
126.8 |
118.6 |
|
Griffeen Valley Park Haydens Lane Lucan |
77.4 |
68.7 |
64.8 |
|
Griffeen Valley Park Newcastle Road |
78.8 |
72.3 |
56.1 |
|
Killinarden Heights SDCC Maintenance |
141.0 |
131.6 |
141.0 |
|
Kilnamanagh Family Rec Centre (R) |
102.5 |
94.7 |
93.0 |
|
Knocklyon Supervalu (R) |
274.6 |
304.1 |
296.5 |
|
Lucan Ballyowen (R) |
306.8 |
305.8 |
278.8 |
|
Lucan Supervalu (R) |
346.5 |
319.5 |
341.2 |
|
Mill Clondalkin (R) |
449.0 |
445.2 |
423.0 |
|
Naas Road - Camac Valley Caravan Park (R) |
1.8 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
|
Newcastle - Lord Lucan (R) |
16.7 |
15.3 |
13.7 |
|
Palmerstown Supervalu (R) |
243.4 |
227.4 |
210.1 |
|
Perrystown Community Centre |
121.2 |
116.2 |
122.5 |
|
Quarryvale Community Centre |
16.6 |
18.9 |
14.3 |
|
Rathfarnham - Old Orchard Pub (R) |
39.3 |
34.9 |
34.7 |
|
Rathfarnham Buglers (R) |
177.5 |
175.3 |
159.5 |
|
Rathfarnham SC (R) Tesco |
321.6 |
338.5 |
317.2 |
|
Roadstone Sports Club |
58.2 |
60.3 |
63.0 |
|
South Dublin County Council HQ |
48.7 |
49.8 |
45.1 |
|
Square Tallaght (R) |
108.3 |
107.4 |
85.6 |
|
Tallaght Leisure Centre |
104.5 |
122.0 |
117.9 |
|
Tandys Lane Lucan (R) New Site in 2023 |
10.2 |
36.2 |
51.6 |
|
Texaco Newcastle (R) |
22.8 |
56.1 |
60.0 |
|
Thomas Davis GAA (R) |
10.9 |
11.2 |
12.2 |
|
Tymon Park Limekiln Road |
99.7 |
107.4 |
113.6 |
|
Tymon Park Tymon North Road |
140.2 |
146.1 |
130.8 |
|
Tymon Park Wellington Lane |
158.3 |
121.2 |
99.2 |
|
Waterstown Park Car Park, Palmerstown |
4.3 |
17.1 |
20.9 |
|
Whitechurch SC |
52.7 |
52.7 |
50.8 |
|
Sean Walsh Park |
4.8 |
Removed due to new age friendly housing development |
|
|
Spa Hotel |
2.7 |
Removed due to limited public access |
|
|
Total Glass Collected |
4974.7 |
5013.2 |
4941.1 |