Black bags full of children’s and adults clothing, as well as household items were found dumped at bring banks in Carrick-on-Suir, Grangemockler and Clonmel, adding fuel to the fire for calls for the clothing banks to be removed altogether.
Sinn Féin councillor David Dunne again highlighted the issue, saying that while the rubbish had been removed, the sites have been the site of persistent dumping.
“The company who own them did clean up some of them as requested by the council,” Cllr Dunne said.
“I am told a new contract is being finalised and the clothes banks will be removed altogether and new ones placed at recycling centres. This is regrettable but necessary in my opinion,” the Carrick-on-Suir councillor said.
Previously, Cllr Dunne said that the banks “have to go” and that they were leading to unsightly illegal dumping.
“I know we had plans to put them into bring centres or recycling centres, but they need to be taken out, they just have to go now at this stage,” Cllr Dunne said.
“They’re a magnet for rubbish, and there’s videos online and you can see recycling banks and there’s just rubbish strewn all over the place, so have we cameras at those recycling bins?” the Carrick-on-Suir councillor asked.
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The plans to move the bins comes as Tipperary County Council have introduced a pilot project at two sites in an attempt to curb the persistent dumping issues.
The local authority announced the launch of a pilot CCTV scheme at two bring centres in the county in an attempt to significantly reduce illegal dumping.
The scheme will be trialed at the bring centres in Ryan’s Centra Supermarket Car Park, Newport, and Suirside Car Park, Old Waterford Road, Clonmel.
Clothes and household items have been dumped at recycling banks in Tipperary. Photo: Cllr David Dunne/Facebook.
“The indiscriminate dumping of waste (principally household waste), which is taking place on a continuous basis throughout county Tipperary, is detrimental to the environment and leads to pollution and the creation of a health hazard.
“This indiscriminate dumping at Bring Centres is of increasing concern to Tipperary County Council in its role as a waste enforcement authority,” the council added.
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