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Environmental Services

Refuse Collection

Newry and Mourne District Council provides a weekly refuse collection service to approximately 35,000 properties.

Some facts you should know about the service:

• The service provided is a wheeled bin collection service. Additional Black Bags put out with the bin will not be collected.
• Bins should only contain normal household wastes - not stones or building debris.
• Bins should be placed out for collection no later than 8.00 am on the morning of the collection.
• The Council also offers an assisted lifts service for people who have difficulty putting out their bins due to medical reasons. Information is available from customer services.
• Recyclable materials to be placed to designated recycling bins

Interruption of the Service

Occasionally interruptions do occur to the service, such as:

• your normal collection day falling on a Public Holiday. Where this is the case, please refer to the table below to see the appropriate alternative collection date.
• operational issues such as adverse weather conditions or breakdowns. Where this is the case, the Council will attempt to catch up the collection on the following day.

Please note: Members of the public may dispose of their domestic waste free of charge at any of the Council's Civic Amenity Sites and Recycling Centres. Wastes must however be seperated for disposal at the relevant recycling bins

Public Holidays

*Bin at Kerbside by 8.00am please*

Last year the Council spent £48.08 per household solely on Refuse Collection, with approximately 45,000 tonnes of refuse disposed-off at the Council's Refuse Disposal Site.

Charges in Relation to Wheeled Bin Collection Service

Wheeled bins may be obtained from the Council's Works Department, located at Greenbank Industrial Estate, Newry.

All bins must be paid for. Different costs apply, dependant on the bin size. Charges for bins purchased are as follows:

Charges for Commercial Bin Collection Service

All domestic householders are entitled to a free bin collection service with a single coloured coded bin to be collected per household.

Shops and businesses, or commercial outlets, must pay for their bin collection service, with charges levied dependant on bin sizes.

Charges are as follows (effective 01st April 2009 - 31st March 2010):

Black Bins

Blue Bins

Income from this source during this year to the end of March 2009 was £298,812.36

Contact Commercial Services Officer at 028 3031 3233

Waste Collection Calendar

Details of Refuse Collection and Recycling Bin Collections for 2010 can be found here

Assisted Lifts

Assisted Lifts are provided on a request basis for persons who have medical reasons or otherwise have difficulty in putting their bin out for collection.

Requests for this collection service must be made in writing to:

Newry and Mourne District Council
Management Services Section
Haughey House
Greenbank Industrial Estate
Newry
County Down
BT34 2QU

Tel No. 028 3031 3233
E-mail: techleisure@newryandmourne.gov.uk

Requests should also contain a Doctor's letter confirming the need for assisted collection.

Day of Collection/Enquiries about the Service

Contact Customer Services Section at 028 3031 3233 or refer above for details of special arrangements for public holidays.