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Greenstar aim to make the communities in which we work better places to live. We work closely with community groups in the Greater Dublin region in the following ways:
Community Development Funds
It is Greenstar's company policy to reinvest back into the communities in which it works. In demonstration of this, Greenstar has established Community Development Funds in Meath, Kildare and Wicklow in the areas where our landfills are located. Greenstar invest a percentage of the landfill profits back into the local community for specific projects and activities such as youth projects, sporting facilities, educational programmes, environmental enhancement and the preservation of listed or historic buildings.
For example, approximately €250k of community development funds were recently allocated to various community organisations located near our landfill facility at Knockharley, Co. Meath such as Balrath Woods preservation, Churchfields Residents Association, Kentstown & Seneschalstown Accordian Band and Seneschalstown GFC. A further €500,000 has been contributed to the fund by Greenstar for which applications are under consideration.
Bray Coast Care
This organisations works in partnership with An Taisce and local residents to organise clean ups of the Wicklow coastline. Greenstar provide practical waste management support in the form of free skip collections and provided over ten skips to this organisation in 2007.
Greystones & Brittas Bay Coast Care
These organisations works in partnership with An Taisce and local residents to organise clean ups of the Wicklow coastline. Greenstar provide practical waste management support in the form of free skip collections and provided many skips to these organisations in 2007
Community Clean Ups
Greenstar work in partnership with Bray Lions Club, Local Schools and Bray Town Council to undertake community clean ups on a regular basis. Once again, Greenstar provide free skips to assist in the clean ups. To date, between 2 - 5 tonnes of litter have been collected in the Bray area alone.
Residents Associations
Greenstar provide support to local residents associations in the Wicklow area and assist in clean-ups of the area through the provision of free skips, wheelie bins and bags. Some examples of this are as follows:
- Ardmore Residents Association in Bray, Co. Wicklow - Greenstar provided refuse bags, recycling bags and skips provided free of charge to the residents association to assist with their annual clean up.
- Hollybrook Park Residents Association, Bray, Co. Wicklow - Refuse bags, recycling bags and skip provided free of charge for annual clean up of estate.
- Applewood Residents Association, Greystones - This is quite a large estate in Greystones for which Greenstar provided refuse bags, recycling bags and skips for their clean up free of charge.
- Newcastle Residents Association - Refuse bags, Recycling bags and skip provided free of charge
- Woodstock Road Residents Association, Newtownmountkennedy - Skips provided by Greenstar for Community Clean up free of charge
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