# bin-charges - Friday 28 September, 2018
A report has found that just 15% of people with a choice of waste provider have ever changed who collects their bins.
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The average home now pays €230-€280 a year in waste collection charges.
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# bin-charges - Thursday 24 May, 2018
The Environment Committee voted to ensure the set up of a bottle deposit scheme is compulsory.
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# bin-charges - Tuesday 9 January, 2018
Ireland is the top producer of plastic waste in the European Union.
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# bin-charges - Sunday 17 September, 2017
Dr Tara Shine said lessons were learned from the plastic bag levy and people should be rewarded for recycling.
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# bin-charges - Saturday 9 September, 2017
The government announced a price monitoring group would be set-up to ensure waste collectors do not hike up their prices.
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# bin-charges - Wednesday 5 July, 2017
Will it spark water charges-style protests?
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“We are in the House of Parliament on national television,” cried out the Leas Ceann Comhairle.
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# bin-charges - Tuesday 4 July, 2017
Fianna Fáil has tabled a motion on bin charges in the Dáil this evening.
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# bin-charges - Monday 3 July, 2017
Minister Denis Naughten is looking at introducing large-scale recycling bins outside supermarkets in a bid to tackle waste at source.
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# bin-charges - Thursday 29 June, 2017
Both Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil have tabled motions on the issue.
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# bin-charges - Wednesday 28 June, 2017
The mandatory pay-by-weight scheme is to be scrapped.
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# bin-charges - Tuesday 27 June, 2017
The controversial pay-by-weight scheme has been replaced with this new regime.
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# bin-charges - Sunday 21 May, 2017
It comes after the pay-by-weight scheme was delayed last year.
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# bin-charges - Sunday 11 December, 2016
The minister said he is open to suggestions as to how apartment dwellers could be encouraged to recycle.
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# bin-charges - Tuesday 6 December, 2016
Minister Denis Naughten said a pricing regime is yet to be agreed with the waste sector.
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# bin-charges - Tuesday 28 June, 2016
A year-long industry-wide price freeze was announced last week.
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# bin-charges - Tuesday 21 June, 2016
Charges will be frozen for at least the next 12 months.
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The Irish Waste Management Association has agreed a number of measures it says “will alleviate consumer concerns” over bin charges.
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# bin-charges - Monday 20 June, 2016
The environment minister held discussions with Ireland’s waste companies today.
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# bin-charges - Saturday 18 June, 2016
The minister says he had a “frank and productive” discussion with operators.
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# bin-charges - Thursday 16 June, 2016
“This was always the sword of Damacles to be held over their heads.”
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The Tánaiste said legislation would be introduced if waste companies are found to be exploiting customers.
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# bin-charges - Monday 1 February, 2016
Councils will have the power to allow people living in areas unsuitable for wheelie bin collection be able to use them.
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# bin-charges - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
A local Sinn Féin representative believes that most offenders simply can’t afford to pay domestic bin charges.
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# bin-charges - Wednesday 9 May, 2012
A dispute over Data Protection issues has been settled and bills will be issued immediately.
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# bin-charges - Friday 9 March, 2012
Septic tanks, dry-cleaning receipts and Michael D’s knees – just some of the strange things we never thought we’d obsess about in a political context… but we do now.
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# bin-charges - Wednesday 15 February, 2012
Andrew Montague said that there had not been enough time given to the changeover.
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# bin-charges - Sunday 22 January, 2012
Sinn Féin Cllr Mícheál Mac Donncha said the council had failed to negotiate the handover properly with private operators Greyhound.
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# bin-charges - Tuesday 29 November, 2011
Nine things to know by 9am: Eurozone ministers prepare for crunch summit, former NI secretary’s computer may have been hacked, two more years of Trap, and Playboy sued for sexual discrimination… by men
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