Seasons Greetings from the Environment Department 2008
Remember the 3 R’s Reduce Reuse and
Recycle this Christmas
BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Be Aware! – Make a shopping list so you’re not tempted
to buy things you don’t really need or want!
Food For Thought - Look for locally produced or fair
trade labels. Avoid food that is over-packaged. Take
your own bag to the supermarket.
Give Your Time - Offer to cook your friends a meal or
help them decorate instead of giving a present.
Perfect Presents – Buy vouchers not stuff. Treat
someone to an evening class, a night out, manicures,
massages or buy a subscription or membership to a
magazine or a charity.
Cool Cards - If you have a computer, send an e-card
instead of a paper one or make your own from paper
and textile scraps you find around the house.
Simple is Stylish – Try alternative wrappings like
newspaper, pieces of old material and string or ribbon
that can be reused. If you want to use new paper,
choose recycled where possible. Keep taking your own
reusable bags when shopping. Don't accept paper or
plastic bags that you don't need.
Ideal Ideas - Other great gift ideas include Home
Composters available from Limerick City Council €35,
energy saving light bulbs, trees, solar powered radios
and torches, homemade food, avoid gifts which require
batteries, or purchase a battery recharger or check
with development agencies and give gifts of aid for
development work overseas.
ON THE DAY
Eat, drink and be merry!
AFTER CHRISTMAS
Use your dry recyclable (opti bag or blue bin) collection
to recycle cardboard, plastic bottles, newspapers,
magazines, food cans, drink cans or use selected Bring
Banks around the city.
See list overleaf
Christmas Trees Collection Points
Venue
Jan 09
Day /
Date
Time
St Marys Community
Centre St Mary’s Park
Fri 9th
11.00 – 15.00
Supervalu, Watchhouse
Cross, Moyross
Sat 10th
11.00 – 15.00
Southill Parish Centre
Holy Family Church
Fri 16th
11.00 – 15.00
Park Road Depot
Sat 17th
11.00 -15.00
Park Road Depot
Sat 24th
11.00-15.00
Mr Binman will accept Christmas trees, cost €2, at the
company’s site near Ballyneety. Phone 061-351127.
Tom Cassidy – will collect trees from his customers.
There will be a charge of €5 per household tree. Phone
061-326060
Christmas Recycling Information
All 3 waste operators permitted to collect household
waste in Limerick City will collect Christmas cards and
wrapping paper, biscuit and sweet tins in their dry
recyclable collections. They are Clean Ireland; Mr
Binman Recycling Ltd and Tom Cassidy.
Household WEEE – Household Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment
Take back schemes* available at all retailers selling
household WEEE. Items can be returned on like for
like, one for one basis within 15 days of purchase or 30
days of delivery. For a leaflet on household WEEE
contact the environment department.
There are two designated sites for household WEEE
1. Hegarty Metals Ballysimon Road, phone 418153
Opening Times: Mon – Fri 9.00 am -5.30 pm; Sat
9.00 am -12.30 pm
Closed from 4.00 pm, Fri 21rd Dec – 1st Jan 2008
inclusive.
2. Limerick City Council’s Park Road Depot
Rhebogue. Phone 407190 See opening hours below.
Park Road Depot
In addition to the usual items collected on the site
Christmas cards & wrapping paper will also be collected
from Mon 22 Dec 08 to Thurs 29th Jan 00.
Opening Hours
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Christmas Eve from 7am to 1pm
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Reopen after Christmas on the Mon 29th
and Tues 30th Dec from 7am to 5pm
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Open on Fri 31st Dec from 7am to 1pm.
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Closed New Years Day.
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Open again on Fri the 2nd Jan 2009 from
7am to 5pm.
Please: place recyclable materials in the receptacles provided – leaving bags at bring banks is illegal dumping and you could be fined
Free phone litter line 1 800 216 816.
On the spot fine €150
Recycling Facilities available in Limerick City 2008
Site
AREA
Ard Scoil Ris
North Circular Road
Art School
Clare Street
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Bishop’s Quay
Dock Road
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City Hall
Merchant’s Quay
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Childer’s Road Retail Park
Childer’s Road
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Dock Road
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John Carew Park
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Mary Immaculate College
Moyross
O’ Callaghan Strand
CANS
Plastic
Bottles
Textiles
Washed
food cans
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South Circular Road
Woodview
Moyross Community Centre
GLASS
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**Park Road Depot
Rhebogue
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Parkway Shopping Centre
Childer’s Road
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Roxboro Shopping Centre
Roxboro
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Scoil Ide, Corbally
Mill Road, Corbally
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Southill Parish Church
O Malley Park
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St. Camillus’ Hospital
Shelbourne Road
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Villiers’ School
North Circular Road
Super value
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Thomond Park
– temp. closed
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Watch House Cross
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Temporarily closed
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**The Park Road Depot has also the facilities to accept the following
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Oil based paints, solvents, paint strippers and thinners, inks, adhesives, resins & varnishes
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Fluorescent Lighting tubes for Mercury Recovery
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Waste Oils and Oil Filters (mineral oils i.e. car oils)
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Batteries (car & household batteries) Used batteries
Aerosols (deodorants, shaving cream, hair sprays etc)
Cooking Oil
Newspaper & Colour Magazine
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Small household WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment)
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can also be brought back to any retail outlet selling batteries
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Textiles
Cardboard
For Information on the Environment Phone Limerick City Council Environment Department on 061-407190
Free phone litter line 1 800 216 816.
On the spot fine €150