Overflowing bins on Glebe Lane to be monitored

Killarney Municpial District will begin a more proactive enforcement of the Bye Laws around the of commercial waste containers in the vicinity of the Glebe Car Park.

Following the Irish Businesses Against Litter (IBAL) survey 2022, which placed Killarney 28 out of 40 towns and cities surveyed, and the commentary specifically identifying the Glebe waste container storage practices in the town, engagements with businesses storing their commercial waste containers in the Glebe area began.

The KMD Office met with 41 businesses who had been storing waste containers in the Glebe Car Park, in one-to-one meetings to identify the issues businesses were having, to assist in moving towards solutions and to communicate their responsibilities under The County of Kerry Segregation, Storage and Presentation of Household and Commercial Waste ByeLaws.

“During this process a number of businesses indicated they are operating from buildings which do not have access to a yard, are older structures with limited access, or have been unable to secure an alternative storage area on privately owned land. A service has been offered to these businesses in the Glebe Car Park in order for them to comply with the County of Kerry Segregation, Storage and Presentation of Household and Commercial Waste Bye-Laws 2019,” said a council official.

“These 24 businesses are not required to take up this offer of the Glebe Commercial Waste Storage Area licence. Businesses have at all turns in this project been advised and encouraged to seek alternative arrangements where possible, individually or collectively, for their businesses’ own waste management practices. Charges applied to the Glebe Licenced Waste Container Storage Area are structured to be as affordable as possible, given the cost of storage area in Killarney town, and the provision to recoup development costs incurred by Kerry County Council.” and includes the left only arrangement from Lewis Road to the bypass that was introduced late last year.

The official was replying to a motion out forward by Cllr Niall O’Callaghan at this week’s kmd meeting.

“Subject to Transport Infrastructure Ireland approval and endorsement of the route by the landowner, it is expected that the consultation process for will commence in July,” a council official told this week’s Killarney Municipal District meeting.

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