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Dublin City Council is considering a re-trial of street recycling bins.
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Dublin City Council is considering a re-trial of street recycling bins.
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A memo is to be brought to Cabinet outlining a zero-tolerance approach to single-use plastics in government and State-funded buildings.
The company said it will be charging 80 cents per lift and 4.5 cents per kilogramme.
There was a significant increase in the level of plastic recycled.
The controversial pay-by-weight scheme has been replaced with this new regime.
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Greyhound said the reaction to the new measures has been positive.
And if you’re contaminating the recycling – a fine could be coming down the line.
Just one piece of contaminated packaging can ruin an entire recycling bin.
The rubbish ends up being disposed of in dumps.
Minister Denis Naughten said a pricing regime is yet to be agreed with the waste sector.
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However parts of Greenstar’s business are expected to be sold to Greyhound.
A special needle disposal bin has been placed in the park to help combat the problem.
Ireland is due a new National Drugs Strategy next year.
Under new rules, local authorities can request the information from private waste companies.
The Irish Waste Management Association has agreed a number of measures it says “will alleviate consumer concerns” over bin charges.
The environment minister held discussions with Ireland’s waste companies today.
The Tánaiste said legislation would be introduced if waste companies are found to be exploiting customers.
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However, private companies might still add their own charge.
Specially designed syringe bins have been placed in two locations in the city, in areas known to be drug litter blackspots.
“People whose waste weighs less, will pay less and people’s whose waste weighs more, will pay more.”
An injunction was yesterday granted to prevent Greenstar from collecting Panda Waste’s bins.
A local councillor says removing bins is not the way to discourage illegal dumping.
There was a a slight increase in the quantity of household waste collected in 2013.
The talks talks have adjourned and there is no date set for them to resume.
The council can bring landlords to court if they’re found to not be complying with litter laws.
They’re walking in the aaaair.
The high-tech bins have been referred to the privacy watchdog in the UK.
An Taisce has heavily criticised plans to prevent illegal dumping by stopping street cleaning altogether in parts of the north inner city.
Repak said Irish households will go through 5 million boxes of chocolates and 50 million bottles of beer this festive season.
Plans to incorporate technology that will alert you to free wi-fi hotspots, as well as events and activities in vicinity of where you’re standing.
Company employs 800 people and provides waste services to 80,000 households.
A local Sinn Féin representative believes that most offenders simply can’t afford to pay domestic bin charges.
The World Cleanup 2012 has kicked off across three continents with thousands of volunteers expected to turn out to clean up their countries.
The EPA’s waste report for 2010 shows that Ireland is on track for meeting EU waste targets – and that the amount of waste generated by households has dropped.