A Facelift for Towns Recycling Facilities- Kevin Callan

A Facelift for Towns Recycling Facilities- Callan

After they have given years of service to the people of Drogheda, Kevin Callan is calling on Drogheda Borough Council to undertake a facelift of waste recycling facilities on the Northside of the Boyne. Mr. Callan has highlighted the issue in relation to the sites located at Palace Street, Mell, Bolton Square and on the North Road. The facilities allow for members of the public from Drogheda and the surrounding areas to drop off materials that can be recycled.

Mr. Callans recommendation as West Gate Fine Gael Representative has been sent to the Borough Council. He is calling for the bins in place at the minute to be cleaned and disinfected and that more of an effort should be made by the council to ensure that the facilities are kept clear and are not allowed to overfill.

“People of the town go to great lengths to gather up materials that can be recycled and use the facilities where countless tonnes of materials have been collected for recycling”.
“I recycle and I have seen the state of the facilities and the faces of the bins around the town, they are filthy and covered with beer, wine and other liquids from containers that are placed in the bins. I have spoken with people who use the facilities and many people feel strongly about the issue and want to see the facilities kept cleaner and to have the bins emptied more often”.

“It is my aim to help in encouraging and promoting recycling and if the facilities in the town were more well kept I honestly believe that more people would recycle”.
The facilities in Drogheda have been abused by some people in recent years who have begun dropping off materials in front of the bins that cannot be collected at the sites on the North of the Boyne. These materials include bags of household rubbish.

“I am calling on the council to clean up the facilities in the town, this would not cost a great deal of money from any council budget but would help people who are making an effort to what they can to help the environment. I think that a facelift will go a long way to encourage people to visit these sites and use them more”.

In fact, the prevention of overfilling of bins and perhaps the introduction of extra bins would be one of the welcome by-products of Mr. Callans call.

Kevin is not only calling for the current facilities to be given a clean, he is also proposing a bold new initiative for the local area. The Fine Gael Representative is calling for moveable recycling collection areas that would visit certain estates at certain times of the month that would allow people to recycle on their own doorsteps.

“A lot of elderly people recycle and this would be a great help to them in their efforts. I am calling on Drogheda Borough Council to approve the concept”.

“At the minute when you mention recycling facilities in Drogheda you automatically think of overflowing bins relegated to obscure corners of local car parks. I want that to change and I think that Drogheda needs a pilot scheme that is more accessible, and which provides high-profile recycling facilities that promise to have more capacity and to be cleaner”. If the experiment of mobile facilities to local estates and the cleaning of the current facilities was undertaken by the Council, we will see an increase recycling rates, and then we can have more facilities introduced elsewhere in the county.

According to Mr. Callan, Mobile Recycling Units could be used to collect card and paper, glass jars and bottles, plastic bottles, and food and drinks cans and cartons. "I look forward to working to encourage an increase in the amounts of materials recycled in Drogheda and I am calling on the Borough Council to do all that it possibly can to improve the facilities currently available to the people of the town”.

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