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# Waste Collection

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'It's archaic that we've side-by-side competition': Dublin City Council pushes for single waste collection
Councillors voted last week to kick-start a process aimed at taking waste collection back into public ownership.
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Jul 13th 2019, 8:00 PM
It would cost Dublin City Council €29 million per year to resume household waste collection, council says
The council stopped household waste collection in 2012.
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Jun 22nd 2019, 6:30 AM
'Consumers have little or no power': CCPC expresses concerns over unregulated Irish waste market
The average home now pays €230-€280 a year in waste collection charges.
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Sep 28th 2018, 7:48 AM
Panda to charge customers for recycling in response to China's European plastic ban
The company said it will be charging 80 cents per lift and 4.5 cents per kilogramme.
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Mar 14th 2018, 10:08 AM
Decision on €160 million Cork incinerator deferred for a tenth time
An Bord Pleanala says a decision will be made within three months.
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Feb 27th 2018, 12:22 PM
Government 'disappointed' watchdog refuses to join group to monitor bin charges
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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Sep 9th 2017, 7:39 PM
Bin companies have started to charge for heavy bins without the government's agreement
It comes after the pay-by-weight scheme was delayed last year.
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May 21st 2017, 6:45 AM
Pay-by-weight bin charge delayed, but it's not being scrapped - Minister
Minister Denis Naughten said a pricing regime is yet to be agreed with the waste sector.
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Dec 6th 2016, 2:28 PM
Both sides remain at loggerheads in Greyhound dispute as minister notes 'bitterness'
Richard Bruton says the future of the industry must be considered.
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Jul 8th 2014, 5:38 PM
Greyhound insists striking staff should get back to work
The strike, which began at 6am, centres on a proposed pay cut and cuts to allowances.
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Jun 27th 2014, 2:35 PM
Irish households will generate 25 per cent more packaging waste over Christmas
Repak said Irish households will go through 5 million boxes of chocolates and 50 million bottles of beer this festive season.
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Dec 22nd 2012, 8:30 AM
€15 million investment leads to 35 jobs for the City Bin Co
The waste collection operator said the jobs will bump up its workforce by 50 per cent.
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Nov 11th 2012, 1:38 PM
Greyhound plan to increase bin charges in Dublin a 'farce'
The waste collection company said it will be increasing prices in Dublin from next week.
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Jun 23rd 2012, 4:50 PM
Greyhound tells government: subsidise us for collecting Dublin bins
The waste collection company has said it will start charging people who can’t afford to pay for the service unless the government covers the €2.8 million cost.
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Feb 29th 2012, 11:57 AM
Councillor criticises 'disruption and confusion' of Dublin bin changeover
Sinn Féin Cllr Mícheál Mac Donncha said the council had failed to negotiate the handover properly with private operators Greyhound.
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Jan 22nd 2012, 7:04 PM
Column: We throw a third of our food away - and it's polluting our country
As famine hits in Somalia, a mind-boggling amount of Irish food is literally piling up in landfills. Tara Connolly explains.
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Aug 4th 2011, 8:36 AM