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Recycling & Disposal Facilities

Recycling Centres

Westmeath County Council have two recycling centres -

Zone C, Clonmore Business Park, Mullingar Tel: 044 93 44155

Rear of Golden Island Shopping Centre, Athlone Tel: 090 647 7397.

Download Civic Amenity Recycling Centres for a list of items accepted/not accepted
  • Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is accepted free of charge. 
  • Household Use Only.

Fees: €2 per car/€5 per car with trailer.

Opening Hours: Monday - Saturday 9am - 5pm (last entry 4.50pm)

Christmas Trees will be accepted at both Athlone & Mullingar Civic Amenity Centres from the 6th January 2012 , free of charge.  Other recyclable items will be subject to the normal charges.

Bring Banks

There are 48 Bring Banks in County Westmeath where glass, aluminium cans and textiles can be recycled free of charge.

  • Sort glass by colour (clear/brown/green).  Blue glass bottles/ jars, may be placed in the green bottle bank
  • Remove lids
  • Containers to be clean and free of food/ liquid residue
  • Drinking glasses/window glass/pyrex/crockery will contaminate the glass bottles and jars and make it un-recyclable

Ballydonagh Waste Facility

Oxigen Environmental operate a household residual waste facility at Ballydonagh,   (between Athlone & Moate).  Tel: 090 6475775

Waste disposal charges are set by the operator and the current rates apply:

Refuse Bag €5.00 ; 240lt Wheelie Bin €14. ; Car Boot €20 ; All other vehicles will be weighed at a rate of €220 per tonne.

This facility accepts:  household waste; bulky items; wood; metals; construction & demolition waste.

Opening times:

  • 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
  • 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Saturday

 

Household Hazardous Waste Collections

Hazardous waste are labelled with a corrosive, hazardous or toxic symbol.

  • There are two household Hazardous Waste Collection days held annually (generally held in May & Oct) and details of the dates are advertised in the local press and recycling centres.
  • The collection is for household use only.

Aesbostos

Asbestos waste is a hazardous waste, which must be disposed of in an appropriate manner to an authorised disposal facility: Asbestos Guidelines 

Waste Electronic & Electrical Equipment (WEEE) & Battery recycling

ERP (European Recycling Platform) are responsible for electrical and electronic waste (WEEE) collection and recycling in Westmeath.
Final users of WEEE and waste batteries can leave them back free of charge, either to retail outlets selling equivalent electronic, electrical equipment or batteries, or to other authorised collection points, including local authority recycling centres.

For further information see http://www.erp-recycling.org

Retailers may register by emailing retailerreg@erp-recycling.org

For information on  recycling sites call 00800 13 08 2005 or email irish.weee@geodis.com

Farm Plastics

A farm plastics recovery scheme was established to increase the recycling of farm plastics waste (silage bale wrap and sheeting).

There are obligations on manufacturers and suppliers in relation to the collection and recovery of farm plastics placed on the market.

A producer/supplier of farm plastics has the choice of either complying with the regulations directly or alternatively participating in the approved scheme.

The scheme is operated by the Irish Farm Films Producers Group (IFFPG). For further information see www.farmplastics.ie or Local 1890 300 444.

Construction & Demolition Waste

Leftover demolished/ building materials are categorised as waste e.g.,soil, rubble, stones, boulders, plaster ,bricks, tiles, gravel, timber, plaster.
Construction and demolition materials are usually very suitable for reuse with low cost and minimal efforts required to make them suitable for a second use.

Dumping construction and demolition waste is illegal and liable to prosecution. It must be transferred to a permitted collector or a licenced or permitted waste site.

Landowners are liable to prosecution should dumping occur on their lands, whether they are complicit in the activity or not.

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