'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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Councillors voted last week to kick-start a process aimed at taking waste collection back into public ownership.
The council stopped household waste collection in 2012.
The average home now pays €230-€280 a year in waste collection charges.
The company said it will be charging 80 cents per lift and 4.5 cents per kilogramme.
An Bord Pleanala says a decision will be made within three months.
The government announced a price monitoring group would be set-up to ensure waste collectors do not hike up their prices.
It comes after the pay-by-weight scheme was delayed last year.
Minister Denis Naughten said a pricing regime is yet to be agreed with the waste sector.
Richard Bruton says the future of the industry must be considered.
The strike, which began at 6am, centres on a proposed pay cut and cuts to allowances.
Repak said Irish households will go through 5 million boxes of chocolates and 50 million bottles of beer this festive season.
The waste collection operator said the jobs will bump up its workforce by 50 per cent.
The waste collection company said it will be increasing prices in Dublin from next week.
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.
Sinn Féin Cllr Mícheál Mac Donncha said the council had failed to negotiate the handover properly with private operators Greyhound.
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