News and information for residents of Ashefield, Mullingar, Ireland
Folks,
Westmeath Co. Co. sent their roadsweeper into the estate today and cleaned the road edges. This was most welcome because there was a significant increase in debris over the past couple of months. Many thanks to the residents who raised this issue and to Cllr. Ken Glynn for working with Westmeath Co. Co. on our behalf to ensure it paid us a visit.
During one of the annual donation collection visits by committee members, the occupier of a house reported an instance of fly-tipping in the laneway connecting Ashefield and Abbeylands. The rubbish was left there sometime between Saturday and Sunday 12/13 July. The rubbish mainly contained alcohol cans and bottles. Westmeath Co. Co. was notified.
Images showing the rubbish currently located in walkway in Ashefield:
If you happen to spot any further instances, please don’t hesitate in contacting Westmeath Co. Co.
Am happy to post that Westmeath Co. Co. got straight onto this and dealt with the issue (thanks!). The areas continue to be monitored. Residents are encouraged to report any further instances of illegal dumping.
Thanks to JS for this report
There have been instances of illegal dumping of rubbish or ‘fly-tipping’ in the estate over the past couple of weeks. It appears that the incidents have occurred within the laneways. This is not only illegal but represents a potentially serious health hazard.
The environment section of Westmeath Co. Co. was notified and are investigating. Cllrs Ken Glynn and Avril Whitney were also notified – many thanks to them for their quick responses and help.
Westmeath Co. Co.’s advice is that if you see someone fly-tipping, try to take note of:
Please report the details to Westmeath County Council Environment Section on Lo-Call 1890 320 005 . It will only take a few minutes to report but will be a big help to the community.
If you are an AES customer in the estate, you should be aware that they are changing the bin collection service from the 1st of July, 2013. From this date, they will no longer provide alternate week collections for your general waste and recycling bin. They will be moving to a dual collection of your general waste and recycling bins. This means that your general waste and recycling bins will be collected on the same day, once every two weeks. There will be no reduction in the number of collections. AES plan to send out an updated collection calendar to customers from the week beginning 17th of June.
Are you a dog owner? Due to the number of dog fouling instances in the estate, which are public health hazards, and loose/unmuzzled dogs, we’d like to bring the following information from Westmeath County Council’s control of animals webpage to your attention.
Dog owners responsibilities:
Licensing:
If you have a dog over 4 months old, you must have a licence for it and the person to whom the licence is issued must be over 16 years of age.
A dog licence may be purchased online or at any Post Office.
If you do not have a licence for your dog, you are liable to a €30.00 on-the-spot fine.
Failure to pay this fine can lead to a prosecution with a maximum fine of €1,270.00 and/or up to 3 months imprisonment if convicted.
Breeds of dog to which certain regulations apply under the Control of Dogs Act:
Link to Westmeath County Council’s control of dogs webpage
An Post’s dog licensing webpage
You may have received a note through the letter box regarding a change in bin collection service. As from Monday, 19th March, 2012, Mulleady’s Waste Management will be taking over the wheelie bin collection service in Ashefield from Wallace Recycling Ltd. They will use the same collection day (Wednesday).
Their paper tags will be available in the same outlets and for the same price as Wallace Recycling. They will accept any remaining Wallace Recycling tags until Saturday 31st March, 2012. After this date, all bins must have Mulleady’s Waste Management tags on them.
They also provide an electronic tag system and more information about this is available from them at www.mulleadygroup.com/waste
Westmeath Co. Co. has issued a notice regarding a free electrical and battery recycling event on Friday, 2nd March, 2012. The drop-off point will be the Tesco carpark. They’ll accept any household electrical item with a plug or battery e.g. IT equipment, large and small domestic appliances, home entertainment appliances, and all bulbs and batteries. Staff will be on-hand to help with unloading. No commercial waste will be accepted.
If you bring 5 or more items, you could be in with a chance to win a HP laptop – the draw will take place on the day at 4pm.
Wallace Recycling recently moved to fortnightly refuse/recycling collections. This means they won’t collect green (refuse) and blue (recycling) on the same week anymore. Their updated calendar can be found here
According to their website:
General rubbish collected only on weeks in white. Day of collection has not changed. Recycle bin collected only on weeks marked blue. Day of collection has not changed. For further information contact 044 9347177
From 10am to 4pm today, you can bring your waste electrical products to a free ERP recycling centre at Tesco.
Products that has/had a battery or plug can be brought e.g.
Staff will be on hand to assist with unloading and both plug and battery-operated electrical waste will be accepted. Commercial waste will not be accepted
