19/09/2005
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Press release in response to the publication of the Office of Environmental Enforcement, EPA
In 2001 South Dublin County Council opened a Green Waste facility in Esker Lane next to the Council’s Parks depot, Lucan. The objective was to provide an opportunity for residents to recycle garden waste and reduce the amount of waste to landfill.
The facility has a certificate of registration from the EPA for the annual intake of 5000 tonnes of Green Waste. The green waste was shredded and composted on site. The certificate of Registration allowed for 1000 tonnes of compost to be held on site at any one time. The composted material is used in the development of parks and sold to the general public and landscapers. Each member of the public arriving with green waste also received a bag of compost free of charge.
This initiative proved very popular. Following the closure of the Green waste facility in St Anne’s Park, Clontarf, the intake of green waste in Esker increased significantly and included waste from commercial bodies. As a result, the shredded material was transferred to Grange depot, off Hayden’s Lane for composting. Grange is a Council Parks depot located in an isolated area. The introduction of this measure was a temporary one while the Council worked with the EPA, the other Dublin Local authorities, private waste contractors and compost manufacturers to identify an alternative solution for the recycling of green waste in the Greater Dublin Area.
The Council’s environmental consultants have been in discussions with the EPA on the issue of green waste generally.
South Dublin County Council is actively seeking a solution to the recycling of green waste, the reduction in landfill usage and the direction of green waste to a licensed outlet.
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Re. EPA report (OEE) – Unauthorised Composting Facility – Grange, South Dublin
Thursday 15th September 2005
In 2001, South Dublin County Council opened a Green Waste facility in Esker Lane next to the Council’s Parks depot, Lucan. The objective was to provide an opportunity for residents to recycle garden waste and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.
The Esker facility has a certificate of registration from the EPA for the annual intake of 5000 tonnes of Green Waste. The green waste was shredded and composted on site. The certificate of Registration allowed for 1000 tonnes of compost to be held on site at any one time. The composted material is used in the development of parks and sold to the general public and landscapers. Each member of the public arriving with green waste also receives a bag of compost free of charge.
This initiative proved very popular. Following the closure of the Green waste facility in St Anne’s Park, Clontarf, the intake of green waste in Esker increased significantly and included waste from commercial bodies. As a result, the shredded material was transferred to Grange depot, for composting. Grange is a Council Parks depot located in an isolated area, and the composting takes place on approximately 10 acres within a Council land ownership of 70 acres in all. The introduction of this measure was a temporary one as otherwise, the Council would have no alternative (no other composting facility existed in the Dublin Region) other than to have the material landfilled or to refuse the acceptance of green waste totally.
The Council’s environmental consultants have been in discussions with the EPA on the issue of green waste generally throughout this period and actively working with the other Dublin Local Authorities, private waste contractors and compost manufacturers to identify an alternative