FOI Reference Number: FOI/519/1819 Date: 27 February 2019 Request: Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am emailing you to request the information below:

• A list with the names of all the textile recycling collectors that currently operate textile banks in the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area. • The current number of textile banks placed in the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area which are operated by private companies on the council sites / land. • The current number of textile banks placed in the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area which are operated by charities on council sites/ land.

Response: Thank you for your information request which Mid and East Antrim Borough Council received on 11 February 2019. Please find below, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council’s response to the information you requested in relation to textile recycling. We do not hold this information, however we do have some textile banks that are operated by the Council and they are located at the following sites:

SITE ADDRESS

Ahoghill Cardonaghy Road,

Ballygally Car Park Coast Rd, , , BT40 2QX

Browns Bay Car Park Browns Bay Road, , BT40 3RX

Carnlough, Front Car Park High Street, , BT44 0EP

Clough Vets Car Park Springmount Road

Community Centre Car Park Knockan Road

Curran Road Car Park Curran Road, Larne, BT40 1BX

Drains Bay Car Park Coast Road, , Larne, BT40 2LF

1 Car Park Coast Road, Glenarm, BT44 0BB

Glenarm HRC Dickeystown Road, Glenarm, BT44 0BP

Glynn Village Rugby Club Main Street, , BT40 3HF Car Park

Islandmagee HRC Island Road Lower, , BT38 9HB

Martinstown Parochial Hall Car Park Lisnamanny Rd

Clough Rd, Broughshane, Main Street Broughshane McNeills

Pigeon Club Car Park Old Glenarm Road, Larne, BT40 1TS

Portglenone Wild Duck Carpark, Main Street

Redlands HRC Harbour Highway, Larne, BT40 1FD

Riverdale Car Park Riverdale, Larne, BT40 1LN

Sainsburys

Seacourt Bring Centre Seacliff Road, Larne, BT40 1TG

Waveney Road Waveney Rd, Ballymena

Creative Gardens 200 Galgorm Road, Ballymena

Wellington Rec and Social Club Old Road, Millbrook, Larne, BT40 2SH

For your information, the textile materials received in the banks are collected by Cookstown Textile Recyclers, in accordance with a contract entered into on our behalf by arc21 Joint Committee, the Waste Management Group that the Council is a member of.

Q2 The current number of textile banks placed in the Council area which are operated by private companies on the council sites / land.

We do not hold this information.

Q3 The current number of textile banks placed in the Council area which are operated by charities on council sites/ land.

There are a total of 11 textile banks placed in our off street car parks

2 If you are dissatisfied with the handling of part of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to the Chief Executive at the Braid Ballymena Town Hall, 1-29 Bridge Street, Ballymena, BT43 5EJ. Please remember to quote the reference number FOI/519/1819 in any future communications. If you are not content with the outcome of an internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Please be advised that Mid and East Antrim Borough Council may release the response to this information request into the public domain via our website at https://www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk/. If we publish our response to your request, your personal data will be removed to protect your privacy.

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