RINGSEND RECYLING CENTRE

Pictured at Dublin City Council's newest recycling centre,
which opened in Ringsend on 21st February, are, on left,
Mick Killeen with John Byrne from Irishtown Road.

The centre is positioned at the corner of Pigeon House Road and Séan Moore Road. The opening hours are from 9am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 4pm on Saturday. No actual recycling takes place on site.

It is a large bring centre, which allows you to segregate your household waste, which DCC will then send for recycling. The centre accepts a wide range of household recyclable materials, including fridges, televisions, furniture, mobile phones, waste oil from engines and cooking, car and domestic batteries, light bulbs of all types and garden waste including fertilisers.

There are also containers, which take chemicals such as paint and aerosols as well as plastic, paper, glass and aluminium packaging (cans). Although this is supposed to be a local facility, it would be impossible to access it without some form of transport, particularly if you want to shift a fridge or television. As we are also encouraged to use public transport and to reduce our dependency on car ownership, perhaps it is time some enterprising youngsters recycle some old pallets and pram wheels to make themselves a cart to cater for the transportation of household recyclables. It could be a great little earner, ask those older people who made their initial fortune by collecting turf for the elderly from the depot off Macken Street, years ago.

DCC claim to be recycling 20% of household waste through a network of 11 bring centres, 100 glass banks and two recycling centres as well as the green bin collection to nearly 120,000 homes. The Ringsend Recycling centre together with another in Shamrock Terrace off North Strand are the only recycling centres in the greater Dublin area. 'They represent a huge investment in recycling for DCC and are of strategic importance in helping the city to realise the recycling targets,' said Matt Twomey, Assistant City Manager at the opening of the Ringsend centre. 'This,' he said, 'will help divert in the region of 10,000 tonnes of household waste away from landfill annually. The management of our waste is critical for the country and for Dublin in particular.'

After the official opening, Mr Twomey invited those who braved the elements on the wet and windy morning to join him for refreshment in Ringsend Technical College, where they were greeted by a information session on the benefits of incineration in Ringsend organised by MCOS and DCC.