KILDARE: No more resources available to tackle overflowing bins

No more resources are available to Kildare County Council to tackle the problem of overflowing bins.

A request by Cllr Noel Connolly to use QR codes on bins damaged or overflowing bins can be reported was rejected.

He told a KCC meeting that this would be a minimum cost and added that “bins are overflowing in playgrounds all over the county.”

He noted that  Dublin City Council uses these codes to keep the bins emptied on time.

But KCC official Celina Barrett said that there is  a bin collection and inspection programme

in place which includes the detection of damaged or problematic/overflowing bins.

“Damaged bins in urban areas are normally detected within a working day and in outlying areas within two days.”

Ms Barrett further pointed out that high-capacity solar powered smart waste compactors are being utilised - and the feasibility of these bins is being assessed.

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She said that  QR codes on bins would not deliver any tangible improvement to the service at the present time but all options will continue to be investigated if this will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the service.

Ms Barrett also said that there is a programme of street cleaning and “can’t add any additional resources.”

She added: “We don’t have an emergency response to this.”

But Cllr Suzanne Doyel said the council needs to extend the service to weekends especially when more people are out during the summer months.

She said many people living  in County Kildare are commuters who can only visit venues like parks and playgrounds at weekends.

Another councillor, Ciara Galvin, suggested that signs should be placed on the bins encouraging people to take their rubbish home if the bin is full.