Coolmine recycling centre.

Murt10 · 23-10-2020 10:04am #1

Fingal usually offers free entry to the recycling center just before Halloween.

Anyone know if it's happening again this year?

Bargain_Hound · 23-10-2020 10:12am

Yes, they are.

https://www.fingal.ie/news/annual-halloween-amnesty-recycling-centres?fbclid=IwAR1veNHnY4T_DRWSeDazlCiGcvIQHKwuKXePoNYtf5xfszHINPYLjULgY74

"Combustible materials (beds, sofas, wooden doors etc.) will be accepted free of charge at Fingal County Council’s Recycling Centres for residents of Fingal from Wednesday, October 21 to Saturday, October 31, excluding Sunday and Bank Holiday."

Zaph · 31-10-2020 12:47pm

For anyone planning to go down to the centre, I just passed it. The queue is currently out of the centre, around the corner, past the fire station and around the next corner heading towards Molloy's.

hotmail.com · 31-10-2020 12:58pm

It's been bad all week, clogging up the whole of Coolmine. Idiots who aren't going to the recycling centre, are not going around the traffic.

eviltwin · 31-10-2020 12:59pm

So when should it get back to normal? I have a few small electrical things to hand it. Don’t fancy queuing.

jam_mac_jam · 31-10-2020 1:01pm

eviltwin wrote: »

So when should it get back to normal? I have a few small electrical things to hand it. Don’t fancy queuing.

Should be better after Halloween as it won't be free

Pat Dunne · 31-10-2020 1:31pm

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

Should be better after Halloween as it won't be free

Electrical Goods are free to recycle at Coolmine.
https://www.fingal.ie/council/service/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-weee-and-batteries-regulations

Phil.x · 31-10-2020 3:59pm

I'm in the queue right now for nearly an hour, toilet and other junk, very tempted to dump in down some back road, no pun intended.

Phil.x · 31-10-2020 4:00pm

Zaph wrote: »

For anyone planning to go down to the centre, I just passed it. The queue is currently out of the centre, around the corner, past the fire station and around the next corner heading towards Molloy's.

Should of checked on here first

Knine · 31-10-2020 6:08pm

Phil.x wrote: »

I'm in the queue right now for nearly an hour, toilet and other junk, very tempted to dump in down some back road, no pun intended.

I really hope not!

Phil.x · 31-10-2020 7:44pm

Knine wrote: »

I really hope not!

No I didn't, I suffered like the other poor souls, over one hour to drop it off, but the thought did cross my mind 40mins in.

What a really bad system fingal are running, it's all outdoors and they let in about 8 or 9 cars in one go and don't let anymore in until they are all finished and gone and the yard is completely empty.
Why not one out, one in? Like everywhere else.

D15er · 31-10-2020 8:40pm

Phil.x wrote: »

No I didn't, I suffered like the other poor souls, over one hour to drop it off, but the thought did cross my mind 40mins in.

What a really bad system fingal are running, it's all outdoors and they let in about 8 or 9 cars in one go and don't let anymore in until they are all finished and gone and the yard is completely empty.
Why not one out, one in? Like everywhere else.

When people are willing to sit in their car for over an hour just to save eight euro, I'm not sure that Fingal are the problem.

Phil.x · 31-10-2020 9:32pm

D15er wrote: »

When people are willing to sit in their car for over an hour just to save eight euro, I'm not sure that Fingal are the problem.

What would you have suggested I do with the toilet, and why do you think I needed to save eight euro, I didn't know it was free today.

The queueing at coolmine has being so bad since covid and fingal failed to manage it.

It's not the public's fault for wanting to do the right thing or maybe you're right and I should just dump the rest of my bathroom and save my eight euro.

beauf · 31-10-2020 9:43pm

There's been queues at Coolmine for years. Especially on Saturdays. I'd say I have to queue 8 out of 10 times I go.

The facility has been way too small for a decade or so, and its a terrible location, too near the traffic for the center, too small etc.
They should build a bigger one, further out, that has more space to move people and recycling through it more efficiently.

Its not rocket science. Yet it seems to beyond whomever is in charge of locating it. They just ignored it for a decade or more.

D15er · 31-10-2020 10:04pm

Phil.x wrote: »

What would you have suggested I do with the toilet, and why do you think I needed to save eight euro, I didn't know it was free today.

The queueing at coolmine has being so bad since covid and fingal failed to manage it.

It's not the public's fault for wanting to do the right thing or maybe you're right and I should just dump the rest of my bathroom and save my eight euro.

You could have brought it along on Monday?

Ah listen I'm just jealous that I don't have the luxury of squandering my afternoon sitting in a car to save eight quid and somehow blaming everyone else. I'd love to be that idle. Fair play to you.

jam_mac_jam · 31-10-2020 10:06pm

D15er wrote: »

You could have brought it along on Monday?

Ah listen I'm just jealous that I don't have the luxury of squandering my afternoon sitting in a car to save eight quid and somehow blaming everyone else. I'd love to be that idle. Fair play to you.

How is trying to get rid of rubbish idle. They might work Monday.

Jesus people will literally judge and criticize anyone for anything.

LorelaiG · 31-10-2020 10:43pm

Phil.x wrote: »

No I didn't, I suffered like the other poor souls, over one hour to drop it off, but the thought did cross my mind 40mins in.

What a really bad system fingal are running, it's all outdoors and they let in about 8 or 9 cars in one go and don't let anymore in until they are all finished and gone and the yard is completely empty.
Why not one out, one in? Like everywhere else.

It was one out one in the last time I was there....

Zaph · 01-11-2020 12:19am

LorelaiG wrote: »

It was one out one in the last time I was there....

Same here, and it worked very well. Admittedly it wasn't a Saturday, so wouldn't have been as busy even ignoring the free dumping today, but it certainly would have kept the queue moving a lot better than what I witnessed earlier.

Phil.x · 01-11-2020 12:21am

D15er wrote: »

You could have brought it along on Monday?

Ah listen I'm just jealous that I don't have the luxury of squandering my afternoon sitting in a car to save eight quid and somehow blaming everyone else. I'd love to be that idle. Fair play to you.

So you want me to take time off from work? You must be very idle!!!!

Phil.x · 01-11-2020 12:25am

Zaph wrote: »

Same here, and it worked very well. Admittedly it wasn't a Saturday, so wouldn't have been as busy even ignoring the free dumping today, but it certainly would have kept the queue moving a lot better than what I witnessed earlier.

I'm now thinking its fingal's level 5 carry on which needs attention, as previous weeks it was a 5 or 10 min wait maximum.

beauf · 01-11-2020 2:45am

Phil.x wrote: »

I'm now thinking its fingal's level 5 carry on which needs attention, as previous weeks it was a 5 or 10 min wait maximum.

I was waiting about 30~40 mins about a month back. Having to queue at Coolmine is a regular event. Especially on Saturdays.

Pat Dunne · 01-11-2020 8:47am

Phil.x wrote: »

I'm now thinking its fingal's level 5 carry on which needs attention, as previous weeks it was a 5 or 10 min wait maximum.

In all fairness that is incorrect. I have witnessed queues similar to what have been described on a regular basis since last March, especially on the busier days of such as Friday afternoons, Saturday’s and believe it or on Monday’s.

username copied · 01-11-2020 1:17pm

eviltwin wrote: »

So when should it get back to normal? I have a few small electrical things to hand it. Don’t fancy queuing.

You can bring your electrical items to powercity. You don't have to have bought them there.

https://powercity.ie/site/recycling

jam_mac_jam · 01-11-2020 3:27pm

It seems to have worse ever since the lock down in March so it's probably a case of people being at home and clearing stuff out. They do need a bigger facility as it obviously can't cope with demand. Its always busy at the weekend but extra busy at the moment because of being free.

Hurrache · 02-11-2020 7:03pm

Bigger facility won't make much of a difference, the Estuary location in Swords has queues onto the main road too.

beauf · 02-11-2020 7:22pm

Hurrache wrote: »

Bigger facility won't make much of a difference, the Estuary location in Swords has queues onto the main road too.

That's hardly much bigger.

The other issue is its quite slow to unload a decent car load. Because you have to distribute across the site.

Hurrache · 03-11-2020 10:00am

It is, it's layout can handle more cars. Ballymount can have the same problems too, it's just the way things are.

beauf · 08-11-2020 3:13am

Hurrache wrote: »

It is, it's layout can handle more cars. Ballymount can have the same problems too, it's just the way things are.

Sorry but if you have permanent queues and that just gets worse at any sort of peak, its just not up to the task.

Nijmegen · 08-11-2020 8:01pm

The queue isn't a Coolmine only problem at the moment - other recycling centres in driveable distance, including some you need to pay for like thorntons in Meath, have had queues. I reckon it's a Covid problem as lots of people are investing foregone holiday money etc into their homes.

beauf · 08-11-2020 8:32pm

Covid made it slightly worse. But there are always queues most of Saturdays for years at Coolmine.

Once they build the bridge at Station court it will only get worse as even more traffic will be drawn into the area.

Pat Dunne · 09-11-2020 7:30am

beauf wrote: »

Once they build the bridge at Station court it will only get worse as even more traffic will be drawn into the area.

Enlighten us further.

beauf · 09-11-2020 8:49am

Pat Dunne wrote: »

Enlighten us further.

At busy times both the center and Dr Troy back up into each other. The center already backs up to coolmine school and beyond, now the recycling center backs up even further than it used to. Even with the reduced traffic in Covid. Clonsilla road is now backing up regularly at this point. A new bridge will do the same, since traffic always increases to fill road capacity and draws traffic to it.

All nicely concentrated in the same tiny area. A nice square from power city, Dr Troy bridge, coolmine cross to coolmine school. Plus all the new housing nearby...

People on this thread seem to think the location and/or layout of the recycling center can't be improved. I guess we'll just have to live with it, come up with our own solutions.

Dr_Colossus · 21-01-2021 1:34pm

Anyone been recently, still open during current 2021 lockdown? Website
https://www.fingal.ie/council/service/civic-amenity-sites-provision-recycling-centres
doesn't confirm much just that opening hours are 09:00 - 16:00

jonnybravo · 21-01-2021 2:54pm

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Anyone been recently, still open during current 2021 lockdown? Website
https://www.fingal.ie/council/service/civic-amenity-sites-provision-recycling-centres
doesn't confirm much just that opening hours are 09:00 - 16:00

I was there last week. Opened as normal. Busy!!

beauf · 21-01-2021 2:58pm

jonnybravo wrote: »

I was there last week. Opened as normal. Busy!!

Cheers...

Former Former Former · 21-01-2021 4:45pm

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Anyone been recently, still open during current 2021 lockdown? Website
https://www.fingal.ie/council/service/civic-amenity-sites-provision-recycling-centres
doesn't confirm much just that opening hours are 09:00 - 16:00

Was there around 10am yesterday, open as usual and no queues. It had been pretty crazy post Christmas so that seems to have subsided.

Dr_Colossus · 06-02-2021 4:40pm

Went there today at 14:00, was expecting a queue to get in since it was a Sat. No queue but fairly packed inside with about 20 cars and vans despite the rain.

Lots of people seemed to be there with just glass and cardboard. Guess it makes sense since no charge for recyclables so would have thought the bottle banks in the likes of Tesco would be handier for disposing of glass.

Pat Dunne · 07-02-2021 7:59am

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Lots of people seemed to be there with just glass and cardboard. Guess it makes sense since no charge for recyclables so would have thought the bottle banks in the likes of Tesco would be handier for disposing of glass.

Or the Bottle Bank in Millennium Park which is a distance of 550 metres.

beauf · 07-02-2021 12:07pm

If they are going to coolmine with something else anyway why not bring the bottles and only make one stop. I assume.

Coolmine recycling centre.

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