Both South Dublin & Dublin City Council have released the following locations as designated Christmas Tree Recycling sites. Please contact the council should you have any queries around these sites.
Dublin City Council
Oscar Traynor Road, Coolock, Collins Avenue, Dublin 11
Windmill Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12
Gulistan Terrace, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Collins Avenue, Dublin 9 (Opposite Dcu Entrance)
Grangegorman, Upper Grangegorman Road, Dublin 7
Herzog Park, Orwell Park, Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6
Kylemore Park North, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10
Eamonn Ceannt Park, Rutland Grove, Crumlin, Dublin 12
Oscar Traynor Road, Coolock, Collins Avenue, Dublin 11
Collins Avenue, Dublin 9 (Opposite Dcu Entrance)
Windmill Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12
Gulistan Terrace, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Grangegorman, Upper Grangegorman Road, Dublin 7
All sites are closed on New Year’s Day, Sunday January 1.
South Dublin County Council
Lucan
• Beechpark open space
• Sarsfield Park open space
• Haydens Lane Car Park in Griffeen Valley Park
• Foxborough open space
Palmerstown
• Glenaulin Park
• Woodfarm Acres
Clondalkin
• Corkagh Park (St Johns Road car park)
• Corkagh Park (Green Isle car park at Caravan Park entrance)
• Collinstown Park
• Quarryvale Park
• Foxdene open space
• Grand Canal open space (junction of Bawnogue and Lockview roads)
Tallaght
• Raheen open space (opposite Raheen Shopping Centre)
• Seán Walsh Park – Storage area (behind Old Bawn Community College) near Parks Depot off Whitestown Way.
Greenhills
• Tymon Park – Limekiln car park
• Tymon Park – Tymon North Road car park
Old Bawn
• Church car park (beside shopping centre)
Firhouse
• Car park at Cherryfield (off the link road between Firhouse Road and Spawell Roundabout)
• Car park at Dodder Valley Park, Firhouse Road opposite Woodlawn Estate
Rathfarnham
• Rathfarnham Castle Park – car park
Saggart
• Parks Depot on Mill Lane
Christmas Collections & Office Opening Hours 2016
Christmas Collections & Office Opening Hours
Office Opening Hours:
Saint Stephens Day: 9am – 2pm
January 2nd 2017: 9am – 2pm
Collection Days:
Monday Customers: Saint Stephens Day (Collection as Normal)
Monday Customers: January 2nd 2017 (Collection as Normal)
We will collect an extra clear bag or two with your first Green bin(Recycling) after Christmas.
Greyhound Household Newsletter – Issue 4
Welcome to the latest edition of the Greyhound Household’s customer newsletter!
Extra Recycling After Christmas 2016
We are happy to be able to lend a helping hand this year by providing an Extra Christmas Collection for recycling materials.
We know that at this time of the year, our customers tend to produce more recyclable materials, what with all of the gift packaging and wrapping paper!
To ease the pressure a bit (and as a little post Christmas gift) we will pick up your additional green bin material with your first green bin collection after Christmas Day.
All you have to do is put your clean and dry recyclables into a clear plastic bag.
Then just leave it beside your green bin on your designated collection day.
We will then collect the bag when we are emptying your bin!
For more information on what goes into your green bin, click here.
Greyhound would like to wish all of our customers a very Happy Christmas.
Don’t forget to follow us online and keep in touch on social media for more updates like this one, as well as loads of tips, offers, news and competitions!
Recycle Right – Don’t Contaminate
Recycle Right! | Compost Right!
One of the most common queries we get from customers is what can go into each bin.
We put together a handy infographic with some information on what goes in your Green & Brown bins.
What Goes in the Green Bin?
What Goes in the Brown Bin?
Remember if you ever need more information on any bin please give our customer care team a call on 1890 98 99 98.
Notice to Bag Customers November 2016
Cessation of Bag Service
All waste operators will no longer be able to provide a domestic waste or recycling bag service on the streets listed here. Our field sales team will be in your area and are be happy to help with the switch to bins. Should you have leftover Greyhound bags there is nothing to worry about. These can be returned to us to receive credit on your new wheelie bin account.
As always if you need any further information from us please give us a call on 1890 98 99 98 or drop us an email to info@greyhound.ie.
Don’t forget to follow us online and keep in touch on social media for more updates like this one, as well as loads of tips, offers, news and competitions!
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Wheelie Bin Fires in Association With Dublin Fire Brigade
Wheelie Bin Fires – Safety Series
As Halloween is quickly approaching and with bonfires being a major part of the festivities, we teamed up with Dublin Fire Brigade to bring you 4 Fire Safety videos about Wheelie Bin Fires.
The aim of these videos is to tell you what you should and should not do if you come across a Wheelie Bin Fire and how to prevent one from happening to you. The Fire Brigade were keen to advise people that most fires were caused by opportunistic arsons so taking your bins in and securing them is key to reducing the theft of bins. This is turn will reduce the number of Wheelie Bin Fires in your area.
We would encourage you to share these videos and show your kids as we want everyone to have an enjoyable and safe Halloween.
Don’t forget to follow us online and keep in touch on social media for more updates like this one, as well as loads of tips, offers, news and competitions!
Greyhound Team Impact Day!
We would like to say a big thank you to the guys over at Volunteer Ireland for helping us to organize our first ever Team Impact Day last Friday!
It was very rewarding to be able to work with a local organisation like the Clondalkin Community Safety Forum to make a physical impact on the environment!
Feedback from our volunteers was excellent – if you are thinking about getting involved with an organisation like Volunteer Ireland, in either a corporate or personal capacity, we would highly recommend it!
Richard Costello from the Clondalkin Community Safety Forum said;
“Thanks to Volunteer Ireland for linking us up with staff from Greyhound. They really got stuck into the clean-up and the fence painting. They gave their time as part of their official Team Impact Day. It was a pleasure to meet them all. Everyone gave 110% all day! We hope to continue to develop a good local relationship with Greyhound and other businesses to provide volunteering support via Corporate Team Impact Days to the Community Safety Forum on some of it’s projects.”Volunteer Ireland is the national volunteer development agency and a support body for all local Volunteer Centres and Volunteering Information Services in Ireland. Their goal is to make sure that everyone who wants to volunteer, can volunteer. They do this in many different ways, working with a variety of stakeholders.
Volunteers and Volunteering:
They promote and celebrate volunteering in Ireland through campaigns such as National Volunteering Week and the Volunteer Ireland Awards. Along with Volunteer Centres across the country they manage I-VOL (the national database of Irish volunteering opportunities and listings).
Charities and Not for Profit Organisations:
They support national volunteer involving organisations by offering bespoke training, consultancy and an extensive range of online guides and resources on engaging volunteers.
Corporate Companies:
They also support to companies interested in volunteering and offers volunteer management services for large-scale events and festivals.
Volunteer Centres and Volunteering Information Services:
There are 21 Volunteer Centre and 7 Volunteering Information Services across the country who work with Volunteer Ireland.
Volunteer Ireland develops and supports best practice in volunteering and Volunteer Centres, including the evaluation of Volunteer Centres according to a quality standard framework.You can find more information on Volunteer Ireland here.
www.volunteer.ieDon’t forget to follow us online and keep in touch on social media for more updates like this one, as well as loads of tips, offers, news and competitions!
Star Recycler | September Winner
September was a busy month for our Green Bin Quality Team.
Our agents have been hitting the streets, educating customers on how to segregate more effectively and recognising those of you that are already doing a super job!
We’re delighted to say that, during September, more than 170 of our customers were awarded with Star Recycler certificates!
And here’s what they told us;“Take time to educate your children regarding segregation of waste”
“ It’s not rocket science, keep separate bins for each waste type, fill and repeat!”
“ Always clean packaging before you put it into the bin”
“ Keep three small bins in your house and then transfer out to your large bins, it makes recycling much easier”
“Follow the “what goes in my bin ?” leaflet provided by Greyhound and keep copy near bins”
“Try not to buy products with too much packaging to reduce waste in your house”
Every Star Recycler we photograph is entered into a draw to win €50 account credit!
Our September winners are the Mockler Household in Marino. Your credit has been applied guys, WELL DONE and keep up the good work!
Don’t forget to follow us online and keep in touch on social media for more updates like this one, as well as loads of tips, offers, news and competitions!
Safety Series: Overloaded Bins
Overloaded and overweight bins are a danger to you, to our collection teams and to the lifting equipment on our trucks and unfortunately they are more common than you might think!
Over the last 12 months we have recorded over 300,000 bins weighing over 40kg. Of these, more than 14,000 were over 80kg!
Let us put that into context for you…
Things that weigh 40kg
800,000 droplets of water
512,821 bees
12,800 tea bags
1,333 chess pieces
267 bananas
200 vinyl records
88 hard back books
71 basketballs
67 pairs of shoes
43 litres of milk
1 baby panda
If our collection agents have trouble moving a bin because it’s overweight or overloaded, there is a chance it may not be emptied.
If you are having trouble fitting all of your waste into your current bins, contact us as soon as possible. Our Customer Services team would be happy to advise you of your options for ordering additional bins and provide you with information on what goes into each bin.
If you would like to know how to reduce the amount of waste you produce, follow us online and keep in touch on social media. We regularly offer tips like this one, as well as updates, offers, news and competitions!
Well Done Mireille!
When you sign up with Greyhound, we send you out a welcome pack, which includes an opportunity for the younger members of your household to demonstrate their talent and enter our art competition!
Our latest winner is Mireille, aged 10, from Rathmines who sent in this beautiful drawing, depicting not one but FOUR different scenes!
Well done and thanks for entering, Mireille!
Mireille will also receive a €10 Smyths Toy Store gift voucher as a token of our appreciation!
Don’t forget to follow us online and on social media for more updates like this one and more tips, offers, news and competitions!
Remember if you ever need more information on any bin please give our customer care team a call on 1890 98 99 98.
As always if you need any further information from us please give us a call on 1890 98 99 98 or drop us an email to info@greyhound.ie.
Don’t forget to follow us online and keep in touch on social media for more updates like this one, as well as loads of tips, offers, news and competitions!
It was very rewarding to be able to work with a local organisation like the Clondalkin Community Safety Forum to make a physical impact on the environment!
Feedback from our volunteers was excellent – if you are thinking about getting involved with an organisation like Volunteer Ireland, in either a corporate or personal capacity, we would highly recommend it!
Richard Costello from the Clondalkin Community Safety Forum said;
“Thanks to Volunteer Ireland for linking us up with staff from Greyhound. They really got stuck into the clean-up and the fence painting. They gave their time as part of their official Team Impact Day. It was a pleasure to meet them all. Everyone gave 110% all day! We hope to continue to develop a good local relationship with Greyhound and other businesses to provide volunteering support via Corporate Team Impact Days to the Community Safety Forum on some of it’s projects.”
Volunteer Ireland is the national volunteer development agency and a support body for all local Volunteer Centres and Volunteering Information Services in Ireland. Their goal is to make sure that everyone who wants to volunteer, can volunteer. They do this in many different ways, working with a variety of stakeholders.
Volunteers and Volunteering:
They promote and celebrate volunteering in Ireland through campaigns such as National Volunteering Week and the Volunteer Ireland Awards. Along with Volunteer Centres across the country they manage I-VOL (the national database of Irish volunteering opportunities and listings).
Charities and Not for Profit Organisations:
They support national volunteer involving organisations by offering bespoke training, consultancy and an extensive range of online guides and resources on engaging volunteers.
Corporate Companies:
They also support to companies interested in volunteering and offers volunteer management services for large-scale events and festivals.
Volunteer Centres and Volunteering Information Services:
There are 21 Volunteer Centre and 7 Volunteering Information Services across the country who work with Volunteer Ireland.
Volunteer Ireland develops and supports best practice in volunteering and Volunteer Centres, including the evaluation of Volunteer Centres according to a quality standard framework.
You can find more information on Volunteer Ireland here.
www.volunteer.ie
Don’t forget to follow us online and keep in touch on social media for more updates like this one, as well as loads of tips, offers, news and competitions!
And here’s what they told us;
“Take time to educate your children regarding segregation of waste”
“ It’s not rocket science, keep separate bins for each waste type, fill and repeat!”
“ Always clean packaging before you put it into the bin”
“ Keep three small bins in your house and then transfer out to your large bins, it makes recycling much easier”
“Follow the “what goes in my bin ?” leaflet provided by Greyhound and keep copy near bins”
“Try not to buy products with too much packaging to reduce waste in your house”
Don’t forget to follow us online and keep in touch on social media for more updates like this one, as well as loads of tips, offers, news and competitions!
If our collection agents have trouble moving a bin because it’s overweight or overloaded, there is a chance it may not be emptied.
If you are having trouble fitting all of your waste into your current bins, contact us as soon as possible. Our Customer Services team would be happy to advise you of your options for ordering additional bins and provide you with information on what goes into each bin.
If you would like to know how to reduce the amount of waste you produce, follow us online and keep in touch on social media. We regularly offer tips like this one, as well as updates, offers, news and competitions!
Don’t forget to follow us online and on social media for more updates like this one and more tips, offers, news and competitions!
