Fingal County Council have revealed to Labour’s Joan Burton that there are plans for a recycling centre to be opened in the Damastown Industrial Estate in mid June of this year as a temporary replacement for the Coolmine recycling centre which is being extended. This will allow the bottle bank by Mulhuddart cemetery to be removed temporarily to the new recycling centre and later to a permanent location in Tyrellstown.

This information was sent in reply to representations made by Joan Burton to the Council about the level of noise generated by the bottle bank which often interrupts funerals causing great upset for bereaved families.

Fingal County Council have plans for a permanent bottle bank to be located near Lidl in Tyrellstown. They have attached a condition to recent approval of planning permission for a new retail unit beside Lidl that grants permission only on the condition that a bottle bank is located there.

Fingal County Council have made a commitment that as soon as this new retail development takes place they will ensure that a bottle bank is put in place.

Joan Burton said “I am delighted by the news that the bottle bank beside the cemetery in Mulhuddart will be removed in June this year and replaced by a temporary facility in Damastown and later by a permanent facility in Tyrellstown.There is a huge shortage of bottle banks in the Dublin 15 area and they play a crucial role in waste management and recycling for the area but the unfortunate location of this bottle bank has been a serious cause of distress for grieving families.”