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Noun edit

bring centre (plural bring centres)

  1. (chiefly Ireland) A place, especially one provided by a local authority, to which members of the public may bring waste for recycling elsewhere.
    • 2005 March 25, “Collooney: Bring centre: another plea”, in Sligo Champion:
      People are reminded again, as before, please do not leave plastic bottles, milk containers or otherwise at the Bring Centre – there are no plastic containers there any longer for such recyclable materials.
    • 2008, Cathy Gerrard, Joseph McArdle, Buying a Property Ireland[1], New Holland Publishers, →ISBN, page 216:
      Some authorities supply different coloured bins for kerbside paper and other types of rubbish collection, but in most cases you will have to bring bottles, cans, paper and other recyclable waste to a bring centre or civic amenity centre.
    • 2011 November 11, “Old doses and spray - at last disposed of”, in Gorey Guardian:
      A temporary bring centre for 'hazardous agricultural waste' will be set up beside the Old Dublin Road on Thursday, November 27.
    • 2014, Dublin City Council, Community Bring Centres:
      Bring centres have set opening and closing times similar to Recycling Centres but are smaller in size and serve a smaller community.