Litter Dublin City Center

Regarding the collection of individuals waste. The problem of illeagal dumping of bags is out of control. Every day on my walk around Dublin 1 and area I encounter numerous black untagged bags. People know that it will be collected and so do not adhere to the policy of buying rubbish bags and leaving them out at the prescribed time. Therefore this system is not working. The streets are a constant mess.

There are also those that though they put out their rubbish in the pre paid bags they are put on the street at times when there is no scheduled pick up. Then the seagulls get at them and there is rubbish all over the streets. After dark the seagulls are not as active and so if these bins were only put out after dark the problem I believe would be reduced.

Hygiene, I feel that it is at times unhygienic to force a resident to retain their rubbish in their apartment for a week. Say for instance rubbish is picked up on a Wednesday evening and a person on Thursday finds some rotten chicken in their apartment technically they are obliged to retain this until the following Wednesday.

With regards to the circular city, there are insufficient bottle banks. Most people cannot walk to a bottle bank in the city center.

Regarding the litter plan of 2020-2022. The CRM system is not working. I reported incidents on the 6th of January and todate the 14th February I have heard nothing back.

The bar codes on the bins I commend but I don't believe people are aware of how easy it is to make a report.

I believe that using CCTV is a complete waste of resources. Who is going to monitor these? The cost I believe will far outweigh the benefits.

The streets of Dublin are an embarrassment. Though I see that Dublin City Council are doing what they can a complete overhaul of the and rethinking of the system is needed. In Spain for example rubbish is a tax that is paid once a year it is about €140 per year. For that money there are public bins in the cities where residents can get rid of their rubbish whenever they want. The bins are colour coded, general rubbish, plastic and cans, paper and cardboard and compostable. Once a week after 10pm people can also leave out bigger goods such as furniture. This in turn results in a unofficial recycling as people take what is left out before collection. "someones rubbish is anothers treasure'. In the central area these bins appear like a normal bins but in fact they pits in the ground.