Waste Collection and Charges

Domestic Refuse

Householders who have paid their waste charges have received a coloured authorisation label which enables them to use the advance credit system.

Householders should please note that the purple bin authorisation label which bears the date Jan-07 will continue to be effective for all of 2009.

A small minority of householders who are not availing of the Council’s Waste service because of arrears of the fixed waste charges which applied in 2002 and 2003 can make arrangements with the Council to clear the arrears and then avail of the Council’s Waste Service from the date of the arrangements.

Please contact 01-4149000 or email info@sdublincoco.ie.

To avail of the refuse collection service you will require a purple label on the bin and sufficient bin lift credit on your Waste Charges Account.

The current prices for domestic refuse collections are €10.50 for a 240 litre black bin, €6.00 a 140 litre black bin and €5.25 for a 140 litre brown bin

More information on the Pay-per-Use system can be obtained by accessing the  Waste Charges Brochure 

Waste collected in South Dublin County is taken to the Council's baling station where it is baled for transportation to the Council's landfill at Arthurstown. Click here for more information on the Aurthurstown Landfill.

Refuse Collection for Businesses - Trade Waste

All participating businesses, schools, charities, resource centres, community centres and SDCC neighbourhood centres are dealt with on the Trade Waste system.

They are supplied with an Authorisation Label for each bin they possess, enabling them to leave out the bins for collection EVERY WEEK in 2007. There will be no need to buy tags for these bins.

The 2006 GREEN label for Trade Waste customers will be replaced with a WHITE-coloured label in 2007.

Instead of tagging these bins the customers are invoiced for the collection for the year. The Authorisation Labels sticker are sent out in advance and the invoice follows.

The charges for provision of a bin and Trade-Waste collection service from 1st January, 2006 will vary depending on the Category of customer in the Trade Waste system:

Category A : Trade Waste

140-Litre Bin = €240 charge per year per bin
240-Litre Bin = €460 charge per year per bin
1,100-Litre Bin or Steel Container = €1,700 per year per bin. There is also an €450 once-off purchase charge for this type of bin.

Category B: Churches / Voluntary Bodies / Community Centres / Charities

140-Litre Bin = €150 charge per year per bin
240-Litre Bin = €275 charge per year per bin
1,100-Litre Bin or Steel Container = €400 per year per bin. There is also an €450 once-off purchase charge for this type of bin.

Category C: Schools (Non-Fee-Paying)

240-Litre Bin = €275 charge per year per bin
1,100-Litre Bin or Steel Container = €400 per year per bin. There is also an €450 once-off purchase charge for this type of bin.

Replacement of Trade-Waste Wheel Bins or Containers
To have a lid repaired on a steel container the cost is €100. In the event that a Trade-Waste Customer must entirely replace a Wheel Bin or Container, the following prices will apply from 1st January, 2007:

140-Litre Bin = €50 replacement fee
240-Litre Bin = €50 replacement fee
1,100-Litre Bin = €300 replacement fee
1,100-Litre Steel Container = €450 replacement fee

How to Apply for Service

Each application must be made before bins or containers are ordered.

To apply for Trade-Waste Service please phone 4149000 or email cccounter@sdublincoco.ie

Methods Of Payment

- The Cash offices at either County Hall, Tallaght or our Clondalkin office. Please quote reference number and invoice number in correspondence.

- Credit card payments can be made online or over the phone at 4149000.
- Cheques or postal orders should be made out to South Dublin County Council and can be forwarded to

South Dublin County Council,
Trade Waste Section,
Environmental Services Department,
County Hall,
Tallaght,
Dublin 24.

A container must be paid for before it can be provided. The Trade Waste section will invoice for the bin or container and delivery will be made when the payment is received. The provision of service or granting of additional bin requests is dependant on the application being passed by a monitoring committee and also on the availability of capacity on the route.