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THE newly opened Shannon Re- cycling Centre is being hailed as an overwhelming success just two weeks after it opened to the public.
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The facility has so far shipped out one 35m skip of clean timber each week since opening.
“The public have been very coop- erative in ensuring that the timber is clean of any glass or metal,’ a spokesperson for the council said.
As many as 24 cages of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and five boxes of used car
batteries have been filled in the two weeks of operation. “The cardboard and plastic bailing facilities are prov- ing very popular with the public with a daily production of one cardboard bale weighing half a tonne and one plastic bale weighing quarter of a tonne,’ she said.
‘Feedback from the public has been very positive.”
The majority of general queries currently being fielded by the coun- cil relate to the type of materials ac- cepted and opening hours.
Items accepted include glass bottles and jars, aluminium cans, steel or tin cans, plastic bottles, newspapers and magazines, cardboard, Tetrapak, waste oil, oil filters, batteries, metal,
textiles, waste electrical and elec- tronic equipment, and timber.
Composters are also available for purchase at the site.
Recyclable items are accepted from domestic householders only.
While the facility is closed on Sun- day and Monday it remains open from 10pm to 5pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, 12pm to 2pm on Thurs- day, 12 to 6pm on Friday and Yam to 3pm on Saturday. Please bring only those items listed above to the recy- cling centre.
The facility cannot accept domestic or commercial waste.
The Shannon Recycling Centre was completed at a cost of €1.2m.
At the official opening of the cen-
tre Mayor of Clare Cllr Patricia Mc- Carthy (NP) said, “Shannon Town Council and Clare County Council need to continue to support and en- courage everybody in the area to manage their waste. With the range of recyclable materials accepted at the centre it should significantly im- prove the already impressive recy- cling rates achieved by householders in the county.”