Kildare County Council reveals the best way to view nearby recycling facilities

A query on recycling banks was submitted to Kildare County Council (KCC) at a recent meeting.

The question was brought to KCC's attention at the latest Clane-Maynooth Municipal District (MD) meeting held on Friday, February 2 last.

Independent councillor Pádraig McEvoy asked KCC: "With the Deposit Return Scheme for plastic bottles and aluminium / steel cans getting underway, is there a map of recycling banks for glass, cans and textiles in the Clane-Maynooth MD, and are there opportunities to integrate additional venues and identify gaps in services as part of promoting the development of the circular economy?"

KCC told Cllr McEvoy: "The network of glass recycling banks is mapped on the national waste resource website www.mywaste.ie.

"As the website is a comprehensive resource to help the public to manage waste better, this is the best location to map such recycling facilities."

KCC continued: "The Environment Section is keen to both retain existing sites and also to develop other sites to fill any spatial gaps in the network.

"Communications are ongoing with the Forward Planning section to identify opportunities in the Local Area Plans as these facilities are ideally built in at the planning stage given the requirement to locate bring banks a minimum of 50 metres from existing and future residential developments.

"We have also asked the planners to look at any applications for retail or business parks as these would be potentially very suitable for such a facility."

KCC concluded: "To assist with this, we have recently added a layer to the planning system mapping system to enable planners to easily identify these facilities in advance of planning applications.

Independent Cllr Pádraig McEvoy (File photograph).