With the forthcoming introduction of Pay by Weight Waste Charges, discussions have been ongoing regarding the use or otherwise of Compostable Liners. Firstly a distinction must be made between Compostable Liners and Biodegradable Liners, as Compostable Liners decompose more quickly, do not leave any harmful residue after decomposition and are compatible with the now mandatory […]
New Minister for the Environment, Simon Coveney, will implement the Pay by Weight charging mechanism introduced by his predecessor but has removed the minimum charge per kilo for recyclables. The minimum cost per kilo of 6cents and 11cents for food waste and residual waste respectively, will remain and this move must be welcomed by both […]
The Pay by Weight Waste Charges campaign has been launched by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government, where they confirm the introduction of Pay by Weigh waste charges from July 1st. The campaign states that from July 1st there will be two elements to how waste charges will be calculated, a service charge […]
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With the introduction of Pay-By-Weight billing, and the Household Food Waste Regulations, waste service providers are outlining the actions they will be taking should contaminated bins be presented to them for collection. The penalties can include stickers being placed on bins, non collection of the contaminated waste, fines and withdrawal of service. You will see […]
In our March blog, we outlined the considerations that should be taken into account when managing food waste in your kitchen. The majority of householders do not want to be making continuous trips to outside wheelie bins and containers each time they wish to discard food or brown waste, and so prefer instead to have […]
Three months to go to the introduction of Pay by Weight waste charges, and all householders subject to pay by weight billing will hopefully have received their Brown Bin. The proliferation of Brown Bins outside houses is a welcome sight and will lead to reduced quantities of waste going to landfill. Unfortunately however this is […]
Easter is upon us and it is time to think of Eggs and Bunnies, as we munch our way through 18 million eggs this Easter, or 2,000 tonnes of chocolate. In the process we will create 20,000 tonnes of packaging waste, enough to fill 161 Boeing 747-800 aircrafts. The good news is that 71{b050ebef00e2b6e935b95b021e9f55f4ab20ffeed47f29e2aa25a2081fec5bc8} […]
As St Patrick’s Day approaches and we think of all things Green and Irish, spare a thought as to how we can continue to keep this fair land of ours both Green and Irish? Green is synonymous with the environment and keeping Ireland Green means looking after this unique environment we are fortunate enough to […]
With the nationwide introduction of Pay-by-Weight in July, serious consideration now needs to be given to how food waste (otherwise known as brown waste or biowaste) is to be managed in the kitchen. Biowaste is the the most dense (heaviest per volume) and messiest of the three waste types ( recyclables, biowaste and residual waste) […]