Recycling

Recycling Centres in Meath

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Kells Recycling Centre, Lloyd Business Park, Cavan Rd, Kells, Co. Meath, Tel: 046 9293436 or
087 7495357

Navan Recycling Centre, Unit 1, Mullaghboy Ind Est, Athboy Rd, Navan, Co. Meath, Tel: 046 9066170 or 086 1723061

Trim Recycling Centre, Manorlands, Summerhill Rd, Trim, Co. Meath, Tel: 046 9486775 or
086 8196813

Opening Hours for above:

Monday to Saturday 9am – 4.45pm.
Closed Sundays and Public Holidays.

Christmas Trees

Christmas trees will be accepted at Navan, Trim and Kells Recycling Centre from 2nd January 2009 until 23rd January 2010.

Dunboyne Recycling Facility - Thorntons Recycling, Dunboyne Industrial Estate, Dunboyne, Co. Meath - Tel. 01 6235133 -

Opening Hours for Dunboyne:

9.00am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday and 9.00am - 1.00pm on Saturdays. Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Will only accept recyclable material and no household or garden waste is accepted.
Waste not accepted from commercial customers.
From June 30th 2008, there will be a gate fee of 2 euro to enter Thorntons Recycling Centre in Dunboyne. Payment will be made into a coin machine and the automatic barrier will then lift. Customers are advised by Thornton Recycling to pack as much as they can into their cars when they visit to make their recycling trips as efficient and economical as possible.

Bring Banks in County Meath

View the List of Bring Banks in County Meath - http://www.repak.ie/recycling_facilities.php

Recycling Tips

Ensure that all items for recycling are clean!
Wash out tins/bottles/tetra-paks/milk/juice cartons
Plastic Bags must be clean - no food residues!
Remove all timber, plastics and other contaminants from builders' rubble
Painted/varnished/treated timber are NOT Accepted
Old Textiles and clothing can be recycled

Materials Accepted at Meath County Council Recycling Centres

Batteries (car/lead acid/household)
Books/Phone Books
Cardboard & Cardboard Packaging
CD’s. Records for Charity
Clothing/Textiles/Footwear
Drink & Food Cans
Electrical Goods (TVs/Computers/Monitors/Videos, etc)
Fluorescent Tubes/Lamps/Light Bulbs
Garden Waste (grass/hedge cuttings, etc) NO SOIL
Gas Cylinders
Glass Bottles/Jars
Household Gas Cylinders (Calor/FloGas)
Mixed Paper (junk mail/envelopes, Christmas cards and wrapping paper)
Mobile Phones/Phones
Newsprint/Magazines
Plastic Bags (Clean)
Plastic Bottles
Scrap Metal
Tetra-Paks
Timber (Untreated Only)
Waste Oils (cooking/automotive)
Waste Paints (Domestic Customers Only)
White Goods (fridges/freezers/cookers/washing machines/dishwashers/vacuum cleaners/microwaves/kettles/toasters)
Polystyrene (Kells Only and Domestic Customers Only)

Green Waste Charges at Meath County Council Recycling Centres

As and from June 20th 2008 there is a new schedule of charges for green waste at all of Meath County Council Recycling Centres as follows:

Car - No Extra Charge

Car + Single Axle Trailer - No Extra Charge (refers to only one trailer per week)
Second and subsequent single axle trailers will be charged at €20 each

Car + Double Axle Trailer - €20

All other commercial vehicles (under 2 tonnes) - €50

Commercial Vehicles (2 - 5 tonnes) - €100

Loads over 5 tonnes not accepted

Green Waste is expensive to dispose of. By introducing these charges, Meath County Council can continue to provide this service at the Meath Recycling Centres, either free of charge or at a reasonable cost to householders.

*Please note that the €2 gate fee still applies regardless of whether or not there is a charge for green waste.

Materials Not Accepted

Commercial Builders Waste
Carpet
Clingfilm
Cookware ( e.g. Pyrex Dishes)
Food Trays / Containers
Household Cleaner Containers
Mattresses (Only Accepted at Kells Recycling Centre)
Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF)
Plastic Garden Furniture (Only Accepted at Kells Recycling Centre)
Plaster board
Soil/Earth
Timber containing Metal/Plasterboard
Treated Timber e.g. creosote
Tyres
C&D Rubble, Domestic. Broken or Crushed (blocks/bricks/ceramics/tiles, etc)
Polystyrene (Only Accepted at Kells Recycling Centre)
Plastic Oil Containers-up to 5 Litres
Window Frames containing Glass (this must be separated)

Fees

(correct at December 2007, please contact Recycling Centres on numbers above if you need to confirm.)

Householders

Gate Fee €2.00

Commercial Customers

Green Waste - €40 per van
Timber - €40 per van or €1.50 per pallet
Scrap Metal - €50 per load
Cardboard - €30 per van
Paper/Mixed Paper - €40 per van or €2 per bag
Batteries (fence) - €10 each
Lead Acid Car Batteries - €1.50 each
Oil - €1 per litre

Payment may be made by cheque payable to Oxigen Environmental accompanied by a current banker's card or by credit or laser card or cash.

Re-home Unwanted Items

A website is available where people can re-home their unwanted items - give away items to others they no longer use, e.g. sofas and beds and tables etc - www.freebiesireland.com.

Bulky Household Items

As and from Wednesday 16^th September 2009, there will be an on-going facility at Kells Recycling Centre (only) to accept the following bulky household waste types.

Unfortunately as the recycling content of these waste types is minimal, there will be a charge for this service.

Double mattress - €22
Single mattress - €12
3 Seater couch - €22
2 Seater couch - €17
Armchair - €10
Patio table - €8
Patio chair - €4

These figures are inclusive of “gate fee” of €2.00.

Beds are either timber or metal and will not incur any charge (apart from €2.00 “gate-fee”) However, “divan” type beds (bed bases) will have a charge of €10.00.

Kells Recycling Centre already accepts polystyrene and paint cans/unused paint.

Any Queries, contact Peter Brady, Evironmental Awareness Officer at 087 2708100 or Kells Recycling Centre at 046 9293436.

You can also take item/s to

the landfill at Whiteriver, Collon, Co Louth, where it will be weighed and you will be charged accordingly. Tel. 041 6851623

V&W Drogheda Recycling Centre, Mell, Drogheda, Co. Louth. Items charged by weight and size. Contact: 041 9803900.

A website is available where people can re-home their unwanted items - give away items to others they no longer use, e.g. sofas and beds and tables etc - www.freebiesireland.com.

Composting and DIY Gardening

One of the easiest and most sustainable treatment of waste in the home is composting or vermi-composting (composting with worms!).

See our section on

Compost bins can be used to breakdown all of the green waste arising in your kitchen and garden

Fruit and Vegetable peelings
Garden clippings
Tea-bags
Egg shells and cardboard egg boxes
Bits of newspaper and cardboard

Layer the materials in your compost bin and wait about 6 - 12 months for your home made soil improver to arrive. This should also cut down on your waste by approximately 30 – 35%.

Alternatively using tiger worms (vermi-composting) you can expand the range of materials which you can compost as the worms will also digest

Cooked foods
Pasta
Bread
Meat

Composters are available for sale at the Navan, Kells and Trim Recycling Centres for €35. A kitchen caddy is available for an extra €10.

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