{"id":2752,"date":"2016-07-26T12:11:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T12:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2016-07-26T12:18:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T12:18:52","slug":"3-million-euros-cost-of-illegal-dumping-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/3-million-euros-cost-of-illegal-dumping-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"1.3 Million Euros &#8211; Cost of Illegal Dumping Last Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dublin South West Sinn Fein TD Sean Crowe has said he was \u2018shocked\u2019\u00a0 at the reply he received recently from South Dublin County Council when they outlined that they paid out\u00a0a whopping 1,307,747 euros in costs for recovery and disposal of 3,811 tonnes of illegally dumped \u00a0material\u00a0 in the county last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Crowe said that at a time when resources for essential community projects are so limited it was criminal and unacceptable that this amount of money needed to be spent on removing illegal waste and called on South Dublin Council\u00a0to adopt a more proactive approach in tackling the growing problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cSouth Dublin County Council spent 1,307,747 euros on the recovery and disposal of 3,811 tonnes of waste material in the county. This huge tonnage and cost does not include the waste disposed of from litter picks, litter bins and street sweeping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u201cIt is soul destroying to wake up and see your green space or area strewn with rubbish bags or worse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe Council has engaged and encouraged residents, youth groups and community associations to get involved in \u2018clean ups\u2019 and litter awareness programmes, but there is a small cohort who continue to dump regardless of its impact on the neighbourhood or local environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cIt is not always easy for residents to intervene or stop this dumping and some areas are worse than others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cAt a time when resources are extremely scarce for community led projects, we need a new and fresh approach to illegal dumping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe use of cameras has been successful in detection but this clearly needs to be extended in a more imaginative way particularly to the hot spots where the large scale dumping is happening on a regular basis. We also need to see more\u00a0pro-active \u00a0litter wardens issuing fines and making a more visible presence in the areas worst affected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe latest news from South Dublin County Council \u00a0of a 20% hike at the Ballymount Civic Amenity and Recycling Centre for green waste transported by cars increasing from \u20ac8 to \u20ac9.50.and general waste increasing from \u20ac15 to \u20ac18 will certainly not help end illegal dumping and will only be welcomed by the refuse company. \u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dublin South West Sinn Fein TD Sean Crowe has said he was \u2018shocked\u2019\u00a0 at the reply he received recently from South Dublin County Council when they outlined that they paid out\u00a0a whopping 1,307,747 euros in costs for recovery and disposal of 3,811 tonnes of illegally dumped \u00a0material\u00a0 in the county last year. 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