The scheme begins Monday, September 16.
Dublin city centre businesses are to be banned from leaving out rubbish in plastic bags in a move aimed at cleaning up the capital’s streets.
The move taken by Dublin City Council will see close to 1,500 businesses in the south city centre first affected by the ban in two weeks’ time. The remainder of the city centre’s businesses will be subject to the ban from January next year.
“Dublin’s not a dirty old town, but the way waste has been presented in this city has contributed to our litter problem,” Lord Mayor James Geoghegan said.
“What we’ve done is engage with bin operators to change how premises present their waste. Businesses will no longer be allowed to present their waste in plastic bin bags for seagulls to rip up and let rubbish be strewn across the road.
“They’ll either have to put it in a wheelie or work with their bin operators themselves to ensure the waste goes directly from the premises into the back of a bin truck. We’re working together to make Dublin a cleaner city and a better city to live in. This is going to be one of the biggest changes to how we have managed litter in our city,” Mayor Geoghegan said.
The beginning of the scheme will be on Monday, September 16, and it’s expected there will be full compliance from owners/occupiers of retail, commercial and residential buildings on many city centre streets by January 1, 2025. The scheme will then be extended to much of the city early next year.
