Reopening of Coolock Recycle Centre; A newly refurbished Bring Centre at Oscar Traynor Road, Coolock will be officially reopened, at 10 a.m. today, by Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Paddy Bourke. 

This facility has served the local community for many years and is one of Dublin City Council’s busiest centres for recycling.  It has been totally refurbished, with a much-improved design and layout to make it safer, faster and easier for householders to use.   

“The investment of €0.5 million in Coolock Recycle Centre, is a vote of confidence by the City Council in recycle and providing these services within the community” said Lord Mayor Paddy Bourke, “Bring Centres and Bottle Banks are at the hub of Dublin City Councils drive to facilitate communities to recycle and thereby reduce the environmental impact of daily life “.

 A Brown Bin Collection Service has been introduced on a pilot basis in the city and is proving very successful.  By using a brown bin, households can reduce the amount of material sent to landfill by one third and ensure savings for themselves, as the charge for this bin is significantly lower than the grey bin.   These bins take household organic /kitchen waste which goes to a composting facility in the true spirit of recycling. 

So far 5,000 tonnes of biodegradable material has been diverted from landfill and this figure is set to significantly increase this year as the service will roll-out across the City over the coming months – with a final completion date in early 2009.

Green Waste Recycle; Dublin City Council are further enhancing it’s recycling initiatives by collecting green waste (garden waste) at four of its recycling centres.

•  Windmill Road Crumlin Dublin 12
• Collins Avenue opposite DCU entrance Dublin 9
• Gullistan Terrace, Rathmines, Dublin 6 
• Unit 7B Newtown Park, Malahide Road Industrial Estate, Dublin 5

This material is diverted from landfill, and used with a combination of biodegradable material including food and garden waste from Dublin City Council's Brown Bin Collection to make compost.  Dublin City Council, will, for a limited period be giving out free 35L bags of this compost at the above locations. 

Notes to the Editor

The Coolock Centre deals with the full range of recyclables, including

• Newspapers, magazines
• Cardboard and packaging
• Glass bottles and jars
• Food and drinks cans, aerosols
• Paints
• Plastic bottles
• Textiles
• Batteries

Last year over 20,000 tonnes of material was recovered from Dublin City Council’s Bring Centres and Recycling Centres thereby helping to meet our challenging national targets..

Dublin City Council also provides a full range of important environmental services for householders including:

• Green Bin collection every 2 weeks which now includes plastics at no additional charge.
• 12 Recycling /Bring Centres for recyclable materials and large bulky waste at strategic locations citywide.
• Over 250 Glass Banks provided locally.
• Kerbside bulky waste collection service
• Innovative “Free Trade” Web Site allows you to pick up or pass on items for Free
• Information website : www.DublinWaste.ie

In addition the awareness initiatives run by Dublin City Council are encouraging more people than ever to recycle