REFUSE SACKS HAVE been banned from 90 streets in Dublin’s south inner city centre from today.
The streets affected include Aungier Street, Baggot Street Lower, College Green, Dame Street, Exchequer Street, Grafton Street, Kildare Street, Molesworth Street, St Stephens Green, and Temple Bar.
Dublin City Council announced the plan for commercial premises and homeowners in the city-centre, meaning they will no longer be allowed present their rubbish in plastic bags on the city’s streets for the duration of the pilot.
It’s part of the country’s largest local authority’s waste management strategy plan to deliver a cleaner capital city.
As part of the strategy the council has recruited 100 extra waste management staff, invested in new vehicles, expanded the 24-hour cleaning zones and appointed six new litter wardens.
In 2016, approximately 1,000 streets were designated as ‘Bag Collections Areas’, meaning the properties on these streets were given an exemption on having to use a reusable receptacle such as a wheelie bin.
Instead, they were instead allowed to present their waste in plastic bags.
A process to remove this derogation began earlier this year and from today this derogation has now been removed on the 90 streets in the pilot area.
In a statement, the city council said it’s satisfied that “sufficient time has now been given to property owners” in the pilot area to make alternative arrangements for collection of their rubbish.
“After today, any commercial premises or homeowner in the pilot area who leaves their plastic bags of rubbish on the street will face prosecution,” the council statement read.
This latest initiative follows the recent installation of two new waste compactors in Dublin city centre, which aim to remove 1,000 plastic bags from the streets per day.
In 2016, approximately 1,000 streets were designated as ‘Bag Collections Areas’. The properties on these streets were given a derogation on having to use a reusable receptacle such as a wheelie bin and were instead allowed present their waste in plastic bags. A process to remove this derogation began earlier this year and from today this derogation has now been removed on the 90 streets in the pilot area.
Last month the City Council announced the installation of new waste compactors on Fownes Street Upper and St. Stephens Green in partnership with the waste collectors in Dublin city. They were introduced to help facilitate the removal of 1,000 plastic bags from the streets per day, ensuring a cleaner, healthier environment.
