Coolmine Recycling Centre - Opening Hours

Swords Estuary and Coolmine Recycling Centres  
opening hours:

Open Wednesday to Saturday 9am to 4pm

Closed Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays

Phone: 01-8219475

Please note: in very windy conditions the recycling centre may have to close for Health & Safety Reasons.

The recycling centre is for household use only. No commercial waste will be accepted on site.

The recycling centre is located in Coolmine Industrial Estate, beside the Fire Station and Fingal County Council Transportation Depot.

You can download the location sketch below for more precise directions.

• Download Coolmine Location Map - pdf - 570kbs

What Householders can bring to Coolmine Recycling Centre 

Accepted Free of charge:

•  Newspapers,
•  Paper, Magazines, Light Cardboard
•  Heavy Cardboard
•  Aluminium cans
•  Food tins
•  Glass bottles and jars
•  Plastic bottles, washed & squashed, tops unscrewed
•  Other Clean Plastic Packaging (must be clean - no expanded polystyrene)
•  Clothes
•  Car & household batteries
•  Beverage cartons / Tetra-Pack
•  WEEE: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (e.g. Fridge, Washing Machine, Cooker, TVs, VCR, kettle, toaster, etc)
•  Fluorescent tubes and Energy-saving bulbs
•  Waste Engine Oil
•  Waste Cooking Oil
•  Household Hazardous Waste: paint, thinners, pesticides, herbicides, household cleaners, medicines, aerosol cans.

Accepted with a charge (to pay in bin tags):

• Bulky waste (e.g. Furniture, carpet)
• Wood
• Metal
• Green Waste (restricted to cars and small trailers)
• Construction & Demolition Waste: concrete, soil, rocks, tiles

2011 Prices are set per vehicle as detailed below, to pay with €8 bin tags only or by debit / credit card.
Car-boot: €8
Car-full: €16
Car-van / Small trailer (max. 6ft x 4ft x 2ft): €40
Small van (max. 6 cubic meters / 212 cubic feet): €128 (not allowed for green waste)
 
Reduced prices apply for green waste :
Car-boot: €4
Car-full: €8
Car-van / Small trailer (max. 6ft x 4ft x 2ft): €24

From 2011 a minimum €4 charge applies to loads containing Household Hazardous Waste: paint, thinners, pesticides, herbicides, household cleaners, medicines, aerosol cans.

Compost bins can be purchased on site, to pay by credit or debit card only. Standing compost bins cost €32, rotating compost bins cost €64, kitchen caddy €8.

This service is for household use only.